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Ideally, I'd make peace with that fact and choose one or two parts of the Universe to really care about, but my mind just doesn't seem to work that way. I'm not even sure I'd want it to.
Currently, I'm learning deep reinforcement learning and I have to deal with computer programming and mathematical equations in my notes. Fortunately, emacs org-mode supports org-babel, latex and latex fragments. My learning got better with this experience.
The disadvantage is that the learning curve using emacs and org-mode is steep unless you use emacs and org-mode every day.
So instead of worrying about intake, try to think about what you already know and go from there. Make it solid so you don't forget it, and just build upwards. After a while building a solid foundation you'll likely find that there aren't actually that much information you want to ingest, it just felt endless since you constantly went through the same similar concepts over and over.
I suffer from what you suffer from It's called Analysis Paralysis[0] or overthinking. You should go all chips in on what sets your soul on fire and focus on that.
I think I enjoy the discovery and research aspects and have romanticized visions of the end goal but end up never going deep enough before moving onto something else.
I studied and worked in journalism for a while. This was interesting work to me, because I could dive into a topic for a story and then move onto the next one. It helped to be a generalist. Perhaps you can blog about being a generalist and whatever interest you at any given time. Maybe something will really resonate that will lead to deeper dives.
Having "seasonal" interests or ensuring you can leave and return to interests has helped me. Living in the PNW, we have actual weather seasons. I love to ski in the winter, grow a garden in the spring, be on the water in the summer and go to football games in the fall. I get excited as these seasons change and can easily leave the last behind, knowing it will return.
Similarly, when I get into something, I try to make it manageable to dive back into it without starting from scratch by maintaining things or information I have collected along the way. The foundations will be there.
Seriously, so often people seeking for smart answers about their minds when it’s just some biological/medical/chemical feature/issue.
The most successful people (CEOs, billionaires, political leaders, senior managers) are usually somewhat competent in many areas, rather than an expert in one thing to the exclusion of all others.
- One's life is constrained in all sorts of ways. (By language, geography, family, acquaintances, genetics, accidents, illness, etc.) While we can try to break free from these constraints, it is often constraints that point us in interesting directions that we might not have otherwise entertained.
- Always have both long-term and short-term goals to help you point in a direction. It is okay to change these goals.
- After a certain age, certain topics will mean less to you. You will consider them either "solved," or simply older ideas that are being rehashed yet again.
- Occasionally reflect on how you find and approach new ideas. It is okay to throw out old ways of working to invent or discover new ways of working.
And finally, never forget that as each second goes by, you are literally a different person.[1] We are all inherently dynamic.
[1] https://www.sciencealert.com/your-body-makes-4-million-cells...
I avoid social media, only read scientific articles or books. Quality > quantity