RSS Overload

Many people have email overload problems.  So many that Google recently came out with a priority inbox feature.  I haven’t checked out that option because I don’t really have an email problem.  I have great filters setup so I don’t see the 100s of spam message a day, and other then that I maybe get 5 emails a day.  No problem managing that.

My main problem is managing my RSS feeds which includes all the podcasts I watch and listen to.  The other day I checked out my stats in Google Reader, and I have read so many items they can’t tell me how many.  Since last October I have read over 300,000 items in my Google Reader.  I love my RSS feeds, they are always there for me to read.  I really have no problem keeping up with my nearly 700 feeds either.  I hit “RSS Zero” several time throughout the day.  My main problem is spending too much time in Google Reader.  I have a bad habit of wanting to know what is going on in the world — not that that is a bad thing — I’m just too afraid of missing something.  I need to turn off the Google Reader more and realize it’s ok to miss things.  I really need to spend more time on my ever increasing reading list.  Currently I have 15 unread books on my iPad.

My other RSS problem is my podcasts.  I have a huge podcast addiction.  I am always adding more shows, but never deleting.  I hate unsubscribing from shows that I love, but there just isn’t enough time in the day.  Now that football season is about to start, I will actually be spending a little more time in front of the TV, and need to cut back on my podcasts somehow.

The internet is full of good crap.  I love it!  But I need to learn how to take breaks.  I will never understand how people get bored, or like watching mind numbing crappy TV.  I always have way more that I want to do then there is time in a day.  Now I am off to work on that reading list.