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# How to Learn Rust
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# The Secret Power of ‘Read It Later’ Apps
## Highlights
> People who cling to paradigms (which means just about all of us) take one look at the spacious possibility that everything they think is guaranteed to be nonsense and pedal rapidly in the opposite direction. Surely there is no power, no control, no understanding, not even a reason for being, much less acting, in the notion or experience that there is no certainty in any worldview. But, in fact, everyone who has managed to entertain that idea, for a moment or for a lifetime, has found it to be the basis for radical empowerment. **If no paradigm is right, you can choose whatever one will help to achieve your purpose.**
> It is in this space of mastery over paradigms that people throw off addictions, live in constant joy, bring down empires, get locked up or burned at the stake or crucified or shot, and **have impacts that last for millennia**.
> In the end, it seems that mastery has less to do with pushing leverage points than it does with **strategically, profoundly, madly letting go.**
> [!note]
> Read again and understand it better
[source](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-18b255ca194#42edb9e2-3799-430e-bbff-db1170ebbad1)
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## Original
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<figcaption> Image via Nuno Cruz </figcaption>
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<figcaption></figcaption>
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<p>
<em>By Tiago Forte of</em> <a href="http://fortelabs.co/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Forte Labs</em></a>
</p>
<p> At the end of 2014 I received an email informing me that I had read over a million words in the ‘read it later’ app Pocket over the course of the year. </p>
<p>
<img loading="lazy" src="https://proxy-prod.omnivore-image-cache.app/358x377,ssfZXhGmomcxzcD-VkrtnzD-6vk-rI8GUuXk4JlRMX2s/https://i0.wp.com/cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/1*Hd7YIhMrS5lldl1gDU8iWQ.png?resize=358%2C377&ssl=1" width="358" height="377" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/1*Hd7YIhMrS5lldl1gDU8iWQ.png?resize=358%2C377&ssl=1" data-recalc-dims="1">
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<p> This number by itself isn’t impressive, considering our daily intake of information is equivalent to <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/the-american-diet-34-gigabytes-a-day/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">34 gigabytes</a>, 100,000 words, or <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/opinion/sunday/hit-the-reset-button-in-your-brain.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">174 newspapers</a>, depending on who you ask. </p>
<p> What makes this number significant (in my view) is that it represents 22 books’-worth of long-form reading that would not have happened without a system in place. </p>
<p> We’ve made a habit of filling those hundred random spaces in our day with glances at Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. But those glances have slowly become stares, and those stares have grown to encompass a major portion of our waking hours. </p>
<p> The end result is the same person who spends 127 hours per year on Instagram (the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/people-spend-21-minutes-per-day-on-instagram-2014-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">global average</a>) complains that she has “no time” for reading. </p>
<p> The fact is, <strong>the ability to read is becoming a source of competitive advantage in the world</strong>. </p>
<p> I’m not talking about basic literacy. What has become exceedingly scarce (and therefore, valuable) is the physical, emotional, attentional, and mental capability to sit quietly and direct focused attention for sustained periods of time. </p>
<p> A <a href="https://hbr.org/2005/01/overloaded-circuits-why-smart-people-underperform" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recent article</a> in the Harvard Business Review puts a name to this new neurological phenomenon: Attention Deficit Trait. Basically, the terms ADD and ADHD are falling out of use because effectively the entire population fits the diagnostic criteria. It’s not a condition anymore, it’s a <em>trait</em> — the inherent and unavoidable experience of modern life characterized by “distractibility, inner frenzy, and impatience.” </p>
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<h3> Read It.&nbsp;Later. </h3>
<p> Before I explain the massive, under-appreciated benefits these apps provide, and how to use them most effectively, a quick primer in case you’re unfamiliar. </p>
<p> So-called “Read It Later” apps give you the ability to “save” content on the web for later consumption. They are essentially advanced bookmarking apps, pulling in the content from a page to be read or viewed in a cleaner, simpler visual layout. </p>
<p> On top of that core function they add features like favoriting, tags, search, cross-platform syncing, recommended content, offline viewing, and archiving. The most popular options are: </p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.instapaper.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instapaper</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://getpocket.com/a/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pocket</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/send-to-kindle-for-google/cgdjpilhipecahhcilnafpblkieebhea?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send to Kindle</a> (for sending articles to your Kindle)
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://feedly.com/i/welcome" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Feedly</a> (for those RSS fans)
</li>
<li>and <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT200294" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Safari’s built-in “Add to Reading List” feature</a>. </li>
</ul>
<p> The app I use, Pocket, adds a button to the Chrome toolbar that looks like this: </p>
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<figcaption> Chrome toolbar </figcaption>
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<p>
<em>Note: at time of writing, I was using Pocket, but have recently switched to Instapaper because of Pocket’s “Share to Evernote” bug mentioned below.</em>
</p>
<p> Clicking the button while viewing a webpage turns the button pink, and saves the page to your “list.” Navigating to getpocket.com, or opening the Pocket app on your computer or mobile device shows you a list of everything you’ve saved: </p>
<figure>
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<figcaption> Mac desktop client </figcaption>
</figure>
<p> You can also view your list in a “tile” layout on the web, making it into essentially a personalized magazine. Personalized, in this case, not by a cold, unfeeling algorithm, but by your past self: </p>
</figure>
<figure>
<img loading="lazy" src="https://proxy-prod.omnivore-image-cache.app/800x478,sFjAZnzFiVzsVRlXF9QyD5dq_jzT69dsyyp3Bb-k5ZGU/https://i0.wp.com/cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*ug06oorCHGFpEzMyl9kfhg.png?resize=800%2C478&ssl=1" alt="" width="800" height="478" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*ug06oorCHGFpEzMyl9kfhg.png?resize=800%2C478&ssl=1" data-recalc-dims="1">
<figcaption> Web browser “tile” view </figcaption>
</figure>
<p> Marking an item as read in one version of the app will quickly sync across all platforms. It will also save your current progress on one device, so you can continue where you left off on a different device (for those longer pieces). </p>
<h3> The highest leverage point in a system is in the intake — the initial assumptions and paradigms that inform its development </h3>
<p> I’ve <a href="https://medium.com/forte-labs/how-to-use-evernote-for-your-creative-workflow-f048f0aa3ed1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">written previously</a> about how to use Evernote as a general reference filing system, not only to stay organized but to inspire creativity. </p>
<p> But I didn’t address a key question when creating any workflow: how and from where does information enter the system? The quality of a workflow’s outputs is fundamentally limited by the quality of its inputs. Garbage in, garbage out. </p>
<p> There are A LOT of ways we could talk about to improve the quality of the information you consume. But I want to focus now on the two that Read It Later apps can help with: </p>
<ol>
<li>Increasing consumption of long-form content (which is presumably more substantive) </li>
<li>Better filtering </li>
</ol>
<h3> #1 | Increasing Consumption of Long-Form Content </h3>
<p> In order to consume good ideas, first you have to consume many ideas. </p>
<p> This is the fundamental flaw in the “information diet” advice from Tim Ferriss and others: strong filters work best on a larger initial flow. Using your friends as your primary filter for new ideas ensures you remain the dumbest person in the room, and contribute nothing to the conversation. </p>
<p> The problem is that our entire digital world is geared toward snackable chunks of low-grade information — photos, tweets, statuses, snaps, feeds, cards, etc. To fight the tide you have to redesign your environment — you have to create affordances. </p>
<blockquote>
<p> Affordance (n.): a relation between an object and an organism that, through a collection of stimuli, <strong>affords the opportunity for that organism to perform an action.</strong>
</p>
</blockquote>
<p> Let’s look at the 4 main barriers to consuming long-form content, and the affordances that Read It Later apps use to overcome them: </p>
<h4> 1. App performance </h4>
<p> We know that the most infinitesimal delays in the loading time of a webpage will dramatically impact how many people stay on the page. <a href="https://blog.kissmetrics.com/speed-is-a-killer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google found</a> that increasing the number of results per page from 10 to 30 took only half a second longer, but <strong>caused 20% of people to drop off</strong>. </p>
<p> If you think your behavior is not affected by such trivialities, think again. Even on a subconscious level, you will resist even opening apps that don’t reward you with snappy response times. Which is a problem because the apps most people turn to for reading are either ebook apps like iBooks and Kindle, or web browsers like Chrome and Safari. I’m not sure which category is slower, but they’re both abysmal. </p>
<p> Meanwhile, your snaps and instas refresh at precog-like speeds. </p>
<p> Read It Later apps, by slurping in content (articles, videos, slideshows) into a clean interface, eliminate the culprits — ads, site analytics, popups — all the stuff you don’t care about. </p>
<p> A <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/technology/personaltech/ad-blockers-mobile-iphone-browsers.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recent analysis</a> by The New York Times of 3 leading ad-blockers (which have the same effect) measured a <strong>21% increase in battery life</strong>, and in the most egregious case of Boston.com, a drop in loading time <strong>from 33 seconds to 7 seconds</strong>. Many other leading sites were not that far off. </p>
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<figcaption> Effect of ad-blocker on loading times of Boston.com, via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/technology/personaltech/ad-blockers-mobile-iphone-browsers.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NYT</a>
</figcaption>
</figure>
<p> Yeah that’s pretty much an eternity in mobile behavior land. </p>
<h4> 2. Matching content with your&nbsp;context </h4>
<figure>
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<figcaption> My Pocket list on iPad </figcaption>
</figure>
</figure>
<p> Much of the time when we pull out our phone, we’re looking for something to match our mood (or energy, or time available, or other context). We use our constellation of shiny apps as mood regulators and self-soothers, as time-fillers and boredom-suppressors, for better or worse. </p>
<p> So you need a little entertainment, and you open…an ebook? Yeah right. Monochrome pages don’t attract you. They don’t draw you in. </p>
<p> Pocket gives reading some of this stimulatory pleasure by laying out your list in a pleasing, magazine-style layout (at left). Not only is it generally attractive, but it gives you that same magazine-flipping pleasure of engaging with something that interests you <em>right in that moment</em>. </p>
<p> David Allen puts it this way: </p>
<blockquote>
<p> “It’s practical to have organized reading material at hand when you’re on your way to a meeting that may be starting late, a seminar that may have a window of time when nothing is going on, a dentist appointment that may keep you waiting, or, of course, if you’re going to have some time on a train or plane. Those are all great opportunities to browse and work through that kind of reading. People who don’t have their Read/Review material organized can waste a lot of time, since <strong>life is full of weird little windows when it could be used.</strong>” </p>
</blockquote>
<p> You’re not fighting your impulses forcing yourself to read a dense tome after a long work day. Willpower preserved ✓ </p>
<h4> 3. Asynchronous reading </h4>
<p> This is one of the least understood barriers to reading in our fragmented timescape. </p>
<p> There is something deeply, deeply unsatisfying about repeatedly starting something and not finishing it. This is what we experience all day at work, being continuously interrupted by a stream of “emergencies.” The last thing we want after a stressful day starved of wins is to fail even at reading an article. </p>
<p> The <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity-ebook/dp/B00KWG9M2E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=fortelabs07-20&linkId=fe6db72d8e5bbb38b1ea43241924f7e9&language=en_US" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2015 revised edition (affiliate link)</a> of <em>Getting Things Done</em> <a href="http://users.wfu.edu/masicaej/MasicampoBaumeister2011JPSP.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">cites the work</a> of Dr. Roy Baumeister, who has shown that “uncompleted tasks take up room in the mind, which then limits clarity and focus.” The risk of cognitive dissonance at not being able to finish a long article (much less a book) keep us from even beginning it. </p>
<p> Read It Later apps address this by simply saving your progress in a given article, allowing you to pick back up at a different time, or on a different device, and clearly marking items as “read” once you’re finished. </p>
<h4> 4. Focus </h4>
<p> A common response when I recommend people adopt <em>yet another</em> category of apps is “Why don’t I just use Evernote?” Or whatever app they’re using for general reference or task management. Evernote even makes a Chrome extension called <a href="https://evernote.com/clearly/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Clearly</a> for reading online content and <a href="https://evernote.com/webclipper/?downloaded" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Web Clipper</a> for saving it. </p>
<p> It is a question of focus. Why don’t you use your task manager to keep track of content (i.e. “Read this article”)? Because the last thing you want to see when you cuddle up with your hot cocoa for some light reading is the hundreds of tasks you’re not doing. </p>
<p> Likewise, the last thing you want to see when you (finally!) have time to read is the thousands of notes you’ve collected from every corner of the universe, only some of which you haven’t read, only some of which you <em>want</em> to read, only some of which are <em>meant</em> to be read. </p>
<blockquote>
<p> Actionable info ≠ Reference info ≠ To Read&nbsp;pile </p>
</blockquote>
<p> Ergo, </p>
<blockquote>
<p> Task manager ≠ Evernote ≠&nbsp;Pocket </p>
</blockquote>
<h3> #2 | Better filtering </h3>
<p> Now you’ve got the funnel filled. It’s time to narrow it. </p>
<p> Most advice on this topic focuses on being more selective about your sources. Cutting out the email digests that just throw you off track, unfollowing people posting crap, or even <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ad-replacer-turn-spammy-a/eckeeomlpacfhejaameopnmgipghaoam" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">directly replacing ads with quality sources</a>. </p>
<p> The problem is that this assumes you are always at your best, always at 100% self-discipline, totally aligned with your life values, priorities ship shape. </p>
<p> Yeah. </p>
<p> In the moment, with your blood sugar at a negative value and every fiber of your being screaming for a dopamine hit, <em>of course</em> that Buzzfeed article seems like the best conceivable use of your time. If you think you can permanently seal off your life from the celebrity news, content marketing, and spammy friends that dominate the web, the NSA has a job for you. </p>
<p> Procrastination is the most powerful force in the universe. <em>It will find a way.</em>
</p>
<p> I have a different approach: <strong>waiting periods</strong>. Every time I come across something I may want to read/watch, I’m totally allowed to. No limits! The only requirement is I have to save it to Pocket, and then choose to consume it at a later time. </p>
<p> I’ve found that even just clicking a link to open the URL, in order to save it to Pocket, is too much of a temptation. The first glimpse of a cute GIF and I’m off to Reddit, completely forgetting my morning email session. </p>
<p> So instead I just <strong>command-click</strong> every link I’m interested in (or <strong>right-click &gt; Open link in new tab</strong>), which opens each link in a separate tab <em>without taking me to that tab</em>. </p>
<p> Here’s what a typical Monday morning link-fest looks like, just from email: </p>
<p>
<img src="https://proxy-prod.omnivore-image-cache.app/0x0,s6KkWg-OdGcQNuvOShcztrmaslDz3Cm5o9rD1eDOxxRc/https://i0.wp.com/cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2000/1*cLy09F0SPJJmi0WfazXi3Q.png?w=900&ssl=1" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2000/1*cLy09F0SPJJmi0WfazXi3Q.png?w=900&ssl=1" data-recalc-dims="1">
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<p> Then, because I’m still in <strong>collection mode</strong>, not in read mode, I cycle through each tab one at a time (<strong>shift-command-}</strong> or <strong>control-tab</strong>), saving each one to Pocket using the shortcut I set up: <strong>command-p</strong> (chosen for irony and to avoid inadvertent printing). </p>
<p> There’s only one rule: <strong>NO READING OR WATCHING!</strong>
</p>
<p> Bringing this back to filtering, not only am I saving time and preserving focus by batch processing both the collection and the consumption of new content, I’m <strong>time-shifting the curation process</strong> to a time better suited for reading, and (most critically) removed from the temptations, stresses, and biopsychosocial hooks that first lured me in. </p>
<p> I am always amazed by what happens: no matter how stringent I was in the original collecting, no matter how certain I was that this thing was worthwhile, I <strong>regularly eliminate 1/3 of my list before reading</strong>. The post that looked SO INTERESTING when compared to that one task I’d been procrastinating on, in retrospect isn’t even something I care about. </p>
<p> What I’m essentially doing is creating a buffer. Instead of pushing a new piece of info through from intake to processing to consumption without any scrutiny, I’m creating a pool of options drawn from a longer time period, which allows me to make decisions from a higher perspective, where those decisions are much better aligned with what truly matters to me. </p>
<blockquote>
<p> Remove any feature, process, or effort that does not directly contribute to the learning you seek. — Eric Ries, The Leader’s Guide </p>
</blockquote>
<p> Here’s a visual of how this works, from my Pocket analytics: </p>
<p>
<img src="https://proxy-prod.omnivore-image-cache.app/0x0,stGbUueP6GB86OSUIreA-v1CvD10SF4A-ecLznSBpGQc/https://i0.wp.com/cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*YRExWXbhPma8-AcWP_KSrw.png?w=900&ssl=1" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*YRExWXbhPma8-AcWP_KSrw.png?w=900&ssl=1" data-recalc-dims="1">
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<p> You can see that I save more things toward the beginning of the week and the weekend, and then draw down the buffer more towards the end of the week. </p>
<p>
<strong><em>/sidebar</em></strong>
</p>
<p> Imagine for a second if we could do this with everything. On Saturday morning, well-rested and wise, you retroactively decide everything you <em>want to have done</em> during the previous week. Anything you decide was not worthwhile, you <em>get that time back</em>. </p>
<p> I experienced this recently with email — after returning from a 10-day meditation course during which I was completely off the grid, I was surprised to notice it took only 1.9 hours to process almost 2 weeks’ worth of email (I track these things). I normally spend on average 2.19 hours on email <strong>per week</strong> —<em> what happened to those extra 2.48 hours?!</em> Besides the gains from batch processing such a large quantity of emails at once, I believe the main factor was that I evaluated my emails from a longer time horizon and higher perspective, more correctly judging whether something was worth responding to or acting on. </p>
<p> If only this method would scale. </p>
<p>
<strong>/end_sidebar</strong>
</p>
<h3> Mo’ apps, mo’&nbsp;problems </h3>
<p> There are drawbacks, which I’ve glossed over until now. The two main ones: </p>
<h4> 1. Formatting issues </h4>
<p> Many sites, including popular ones, aren’t presented correctly within the Pocket app (and I imagine others). There’s always the option of opening the link in a web browser, but this eliminates all the positive affordances and then some. If there wasn’t so much value provided otherwise, this would be a deal breaker. </p>
<p> The worst part is that, sometimes, the article is cut off or links don’t appear <em>without any indication that something is amiss</em>. On Tim Ferriss’ blog, for example, links (of which there are many) are simply removed. </p>
<p> One solution is to tag problematic items with “desktop” so you know that these need to be read/viewed on your computer. </p>
<h4> 2. Dependence </h4>
<p> Every productivity tool eventually becomes a victim of its own success. In this case, I’ve become so dependent on Pocket that bugs really affect me. </p>
<p> For example, the Share to Evernote feature, which I use to highlight and save key passages, has been broken for at least a month. My hysterical tweets to Pocket Support have been answered but not resolved. </p>
<p> You wouldn’t think such a minor feature within one app could be so disruptive, but it has been massively so. This simple workflow: </p>
<p>
<em>Highlight &gt; Share &gt; Share to Evernote &gt; Save</em>
</p>
<p> …has been replaced with this: </p>
<p>
<em>Highlight &gt; Copy &gt; Switch to Evernote &gt; New note &gt; Paste &gt; Switch back to Pocket &gt; Share &gt; More &gt; Copy URL &gt; Switch back to Evernote &gt; Paste URL &gt; Switch back to Pocket</em>
</p>
<p> Worse, I often forget to go back and grab the URL, so I have to hunt it down at some later date. </p>
<p>
<strong>/rant_over</strong>
</p>
<h3> Progress Traps and Paradigms </h3>
<p> The amount of information in the world is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_trap" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">progress trap</a>. Too much stuff to read is just as limiting as too little. </p>
<p> As the inimitable Venkatesh Rao <a href="http://breakingsmart.com/season-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">has written</a>, we’re moving from a world of <strong>containers</strong> (companies, departments, semesters, packages, silos) to a world of <strong>streams</strong> (social networks, info feeds, main streets of thriving cities, Twitter). Problems and opportunities alike resist having neat little boxes drawn around them. There’s way too much to absorb. Way too much to even guess what you don’t know. </p>
<p> As the pace of change in the world accelerates, we double down on all the methods that created the problems in the first place — more planning, more forecasting, more control and risk management. We’re left with massive institutions that nobody trusts, that are simultaneously brittle and too-big-to-fail, creating precarity at every level of the socioeconomic pyramid. </p>
<p> What would it look like instead to solve problems (and explore opportunities) in a way that gets better the faster we go? </p>
<p> I can’t do justice to Rao’s blog series linked above (it’s in 20 parts — may want to save it for later&nbsp;;), but the first step he proposes is “exposing yourself to as many different diverse streams as possible.” </p>
<p> When you’re immersed in a stream, the faster it goes, the more novel perspectives and ideas you’re exposed to. You develop an <a href="http://rogerlmartin.com/lets-read/the-opposable-mind" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">opposable mind</a> — the ability to juggle and play around with different perspectives on any issue, instead of seeing it through one lens. </p>
<p> Increasingly, the only metric that will matter in your journey of personal growth will be <strong>ROL: Rate-of-Learning</strong>. We’ve heard a lot in recent years about the importance of hands-on learning and practical experimentation. We get it. Burying your head in a book by itself gets you nowhere. </p>
<p> But the pendulum is swinging too far in that direction. Yes, you can be <em>too</em> action-oriented. Ideas, while cheap when compared to effective execution, are still more valuable than many of the other things we spend time on. </p>
<p> There’s another way to learn faster: assimilate and build on the ideas of others. Sure, you won’t understand every tacit lesson their experience gave them, but you can incorporate many of them, and in a fraction of the time it would take you to make every mistake yourself. </p>
<p> Ideas are high leverage agents. They become more so when arranged in highly cross-referenced networks. The only tool we have available that is capable of both creating and accessing these networks on demand is the human brain. </p>
<p> I lied before. There is one form of leverage even more powerful than the initial assumptions and paradigms that inform a system’s development: the <strong>ability to transcend paradigms</strong>. </p>
<p> I can’t put it any better than Donella Meadows, in her <a href="http://www.donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">seminal piece</a> on complex systems: </p>
<blockquote>
<p> People who cling to paradigms (which means just about all of us) take one look at the spacious possibility that everything they think is guaranteed to be nonsense and pedal rapidly in the opposite direction. Surely there is no power, no control, no understanding, not even a reason for being, much less acting, in the notion or experience that there is no certainty in any worldview. But, in fact, everyone who has managed to entertain that idea, for a moment or for a lifetime, has found it to be the basis for radical empowerment. <strong>If no paradigm is right, you can choose whatever one will help to achieve your purpose.</strong>
</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p> It is in this space of mastery over paradigms that people throw off addictions, live in constant joy, bring down empires, get locked up or burned at the stake or crucified or shot, and <strong>have impacts that last for millennia</strong>. </p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p> In the end, it seems that mastery has less to do with pushing leverage points than it does with <strong>strategically, profoundly, madly letting go.</strong>
</p>
</blockquote>
<p> Reading is the closest thing we have to thinking another’s thoughts. It’s long and sometimes ponderous, but that work is required to wrap yourself in another person’s paradigm. Which is the first step in madly letting go of your own. </p>
<p> The amazing thing about ideas is that it takes zero time for one to change your paradigm. It happens in time, but takes no time, like an inter-dimensional wormhole, one entangled particle in your brain mirroring its twin across a chasm even more vast than the universe — the chasm between two minds. </p>
<p> And that is the secret power of Read It Later apps. </p>
<p>
<strong>P.S.</strong> <em>My latest setup has 2 parts: 1) using</em> <a href="https://ifttt.com/recipes/182352-instpaper-to-evernote" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>this IFTTT recipe</em></a> <em>to automatically send “liked” articles in Instapaper to an Evernotebook called “Instapaper favorites” (for things I want to save in general but don’t have any particular notes on), and 2)</em> <a href="https://ifttt.com/recipes/368728-send-instapaper-highlights-to-evernote-default-notebook" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>this recipe</em></a> <em>that saves anything I highlight in Instapaper to a new note, and sends it to the Evernote default notebook where I can decide where it belongs later (for when I have specific passages I want to extract)</em>
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# Maintaining Balance for Open Source Maintainers | Open Source Guides
## Highlights
* **Lack of positive feedback:** Users are far more likely to reach out when they have a complaint. If everything works great, they tend to stay silent. It can be discouraging to see a growing list of issues without the positive feedback showing how your contributions are making a difference.
* **Not saying ‘no’:** It can be easy to take on more responsibilities than you should on an open source project. Whether it’s from users, contributors, or other maintainers – we can’t always live up to their expectations.
* **Working alone:** Being a maintainer can be incredibly lonely. Even if you work with a group of maintainers, the past few years have been difficult for convening distributed teams in-person.
* **Not enough time or resources:** This is especially true for volunteer maintainers who have to sacrifice their free time to work on a project.
* **Conflicting demands:** Open source is full of groups with different motivations, which can be difficult to navigate. If you’re paid to do open source, your employer’s interests can sometimes be at odds with the community.
[source](https://omnivore.app/me/maintaining-balance-for-open-source-maintainers-open-source-guid-1904a8b1fc4#dae1e4e1-4910-4dc6-ab2f-a6e0f407d489)
---
* **Lean on the community:** Delegation and finding contributors can alleviate the workload. Having multiple points of contact for a project can help you take a break without worrying. Connect with other maintainers and the wider community–in groups like the [Maintainer Community](http://maintainers.github.com/). This can be a great resource for peer support and learning.
You can also look for ways to engage with the user community, so you can regularly hear feedback and understand the impact of your open source work.
* **Explore funding:** Whether you’re looking for some pizza money, or trying to go full time open source, there are many resources to help! As a first step, consider turning on [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors) to allow others to sponsor your open source work. If you’re thinking about making the jump to full-time, apply for the next round of [GitHub Accelerator](http://accelerator.github.com/).
[source](https://omnivore.app/me/maintaining-balance-for-open-source-maintainers-open-source-guid-1904a8b1fc4#e30a0308-0d0f-4aea-a66a-a8087992fc2b)
---
* **Use tools:** Explore tools like [GitHub Copilot](https://github.com/features/copilot/) and [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/features/actions) to automate mundane tasks and free up your time for more meaningful contributions.
* **Rest and recharge:** Make time for your hobbies and interests outside of open source. Take weekends off to unwind and rejuvenate–and set your [GitHub status](https://docs.github.com/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/customizing-your-profile/personalizing-your-profile#setting-a-status) to reflect your availability! A good night’s sleep can make a big difference in your ability to sustain your efforts long-term.
If you find certain aspects of your project particularly enjoyable, try to structure your work so you can experience it throughout your day.
* **Set boundaries:** You can’t say yes to every request. This can be as simple as saying, “I can’t get to that right now and I do not have plans to in the future,” or listing out what you’re interested in doing and not doing in the README. For instance, you could say: “I only merge PRs which have clearly listed reasons why they were made,” or, “I only review issues on alternate Thursdays from 6 -7 pm.”This sets expectations for others, and gives you something to point to at other times to help de-escalate demands from contributors or users on your time.
[source](https://omnivore.app/me/maintaining-balance-for-open-source-maintainers-open-source-guid-1904a8b1fc4#9288f579-7a9f-4135-8933-86266d8baa39)
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## Original
Tips for self-care and avoiding burnout as a maintainer.
![Maintaining Balance for Open Source Maintainers](https://proxy-prod.omnivore-image-cache.app/0x0,sSBF-x8lO3uOZnLYKVwv3wcsNwef_wLE7Hfa7nydrUZY/https://opensource.guide/assets/images/illos/balance.svg)
As an open source project grows in popularity, it becomes important to set clear boundaries to help you maintain balance to stay refreshed and productive for the long run.
To gain insights into the experiences of maintainers and their strategies for finding balance, we ran a workshop with 40 members of the [Maintainer Community](http://maintainers.github.com/), allowing us to learn from their firsthand experiences with burnout in open source and the practices that have helped them maintain balance in their work. This is where the concept of personal ecology comes into play.
So, what is personal ecology? As [described by the Rockwood Leadership Institute](https://rockwoodleadership.org/nonprofit-four-day-workweek-can-take-care-still-change-world/#:~:text=personal%20ecology%3A%20maintaining%20balance%2C%20pacing%20and%20efficiency%20to%20sustain%20your%20energy%20over%20a%20lifetime%20of%20activism), it involves “**maintaining balance, pacing, and efficiency to sustain our energy over a lifetime**.” This framed our conversations, helping maintainers recognize their actions and contributions as parts of a larger ecosystem that evolves over time. Burnout, a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress as [defined by the WHO](https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/129180281), is not uncommon among maintainers. This often leads to a loss of motivation, an inability to focus, and a lack of empathy for the contributors and community you work with.
By embracing the concept of personal ecology, maintainers can proactively avoid burnout, prioritize self-care, and uphold a sense of balance to do their best work.
## [](#tips-for-self-care-and-avoiding-burnout-as-a-maintainer)Tips for Self-Care and Avoiding Burnout as a Maintainer:
### [](#identify-your-motivations-for-working-in-open-source)Identify your motivations for working in open source
Take time to reflect on what parts of open source maintenance energizes you. Understanding your motivations can help you prioritize the work in a way that keeps you engaged and ready for new challenges. Whether it’s the positive feedback from users, the joy of collaborating and socializing with the community, or the satisfaction of diving into the code, recognizing your motivations can help guide your focus.
### [](#reflect-on-what-causes-you-to-get-out-of-balance-and-stressed-out)Reflect on what causes you to get out of balance and stressed out
It’s important to understand what causes us to get burned out. Here are a few common themes we saw among open source maintainers:
* **==Lack of positive feedback:==** ==Users are far more likely to reach out when they have a complaint. If everything works great, they tend to stay silent. It can be discouraging to see a growing list of issues without the positive feedback showing how your contributions are making a difference.==
* **==Not saying ‘no’:==** ==It can be easy to take on more responsibilities than you should on an open source project. Whether it’s from users, contributors, or other maintainers – we can’t always live up to their expectations.==
* **==Working alone:==** ==Being a maintainer can be incredibly lonely. Even if you work with a group of maintainers, the past few years have been difficult for convening distributed teams in-person.==
* **==Not enough time or resources:==** ==This is especially true for volunteer maintainers who have to sacrifice their free time to work on a project.==
* **==Conflicting demands:==** ==Open source is full of groups with different motivations, which can be difficult to navigate. If you’re paid to do open source, your employer’s interests can sometimes be at odds with the community.==
### [](#watch-out-for-signs-of-burnout)Watch out for signs of burnout
Can you keep up your pace for 10 weeks? 10 months? 10 years?
There are tools like the [Burnout Checklist](https://governingopen.com/resources/signs-of-burnout-checklist.html) from [@shaunagm](https://github.com/shaunagm) that can help you reflect on your current pace and see if there are any adjustments you can make. Some maintainers also use wearable technology to track metrics like sleep quality and heart rate variability (both linked to stress).
### [](#what-would-you-need-to-continue-sustaining-yourself-and-your-community)What would you need to continue sustaining yourself and your community?
This will look different for each maintainer, and will change depending on your phase of life and other external factors. But here are a few themes we heard:
* **Lean on the community:** Delegation and finding contributors can alleviate the workload. Having multiple points of contact for a project can help you take a break without worrying. Connect with other maintainers and the wider community–in groups like the [Maintainer Community](http://maintainers.github.com/). This can be a great resource for peer support and learning.
You can also look for ways to engage with the user community, so you can regularly hear feedback and understand the impact of your open source work.
* **Explore funding:** Whether you’re looking for some pizza money, or trying to go full time open source, there are many resources to help! As a first step, consider turning on [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors) to allow others to sponsor your open source work. If you’re thinking about making the jump to full-time, apply for the next round of [GitHub Accelerator](http://accelerator.github.com/).
* **Use tools:** Explore tools like [GitHub Copilot](https://github.com/features/copilot/) and [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/features/actions) to automate mundane tasks and free up your time for more meaningful contributions.
* **Rest and recharge:** Make time for your hobbies and interests outside of open source. Take weekends off to unwind and rejuvenate–and set your [GitHub status](https://docs.github.com/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-profile/customizing-your-profile/personalizing-your-profile#setting-a-status) to reflect your availability! A good night’s sleep can make a big difference in your ability to sustain your efforts long-term.
If you find certain aspects of your project particularly enjoyable, try to structure your work so you can experience it throughout your day.
* **Set boundaries:** You can’t say yes to every request. This can be as simple as saying, “I can’t get to that right now and I do not have plans to in the future,” or listing out what you’re interested in doing and not doing in the README. For instance, you could say: “I only merge PRs which have clearly listed reasons why they were made,” or, “I only review issues on alternate Thursdays from 6 -7 pm.”This sets expectations for others, and gives you something to point to at other times to help de-escalate demands from contributors or users on your time.
Learn to be firm in shutting down toxic behavior and negative interactions. It’s okay to not give energy to things you don’t care about.
Remember, personal ecology is an ongoing practice that will evolve as you progress in your open source journey. By prioritizing self-care and maintaining a sense of balance, you can contribute to the open source community effectively and sustainably, ensuring both your well-being and the success of your projects for the long run.
## [](#additional-resources)Additional Resources
* [Maintainer Community](http://maintainers.github.com/)
* [The social contract of open source](https://snarky.ca/the-social-contract-of-open-source/), Brett Cannon
* [Uncurled](https://daniel.haxx.se/uncurled/), Daniel Stenberg
* [How to deal with toxic people](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lIpP3GEyXs), Gina Häußge
* [SustainOSS](https://sustainoss.org/)
* [Rockwood Art of Leadership](https://rockwoodleadership.org/art-of-leadership/)
* [Saying No](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1esQQBJXQi1x%5F-1AcRVPiCRAEQYO4Qlvali0ylCvKa%5Fs/edit?pli=1#:~:text=Saying%20No%20%7C%20Mike%20McQuaid), Mike McQuaid
* [Governing Open](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1esQQBJXQi1x%5F-1AcRVPiCRAEQYO4Qlvali0ylCvKa%5Fs/edit?pli=1#:~:text=a%20mixed%20list.-,Governance%20of%20Open%20Source%20Software,-governingopen.com)
* Workshop agenda was remixed from [Mozilla’s Movement Building from Home](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1esQQBJXQi1x%5F-1AcRVPiCRAEQYO4Qlvali0ylCvKa%5Fs/edit?pli=1#:~:text=a%20mixed%20list.-,It%E2%80%99s%20a%20wrap%3A%20Movement%2DBuilding%20from%20Home,-foundation.mozilla.org) series
## [](#contributors)Contributors
Many thanks to all the maintainers who shared their experiences and tips with us for this guide!
This guide was written by [@abbycabs](https://github.com/abbycabs) with contributions from:
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