So much to learn, so little time

Do you ever feel this way? I often feel that there is so much that I still need to learn, but there simply isn't enough time to get it all done. This leaves me feeling less than grand and the cycle of frustration continues. I have been realizing lately that I, Tamikka, information junkie, need not continue to cycle of frustration. What am I going to do with all of the information that I think is so necessary to leading the ultimate life? Really. How much information does it take to lead the life that I want? I have to say that I am still trying to figure it out, but I am also realizing that it is not quite as much as I once thought. I don't need to know everything that is going on in the world. I don't need to know what Lindsay, Britney or Paris is doing to live out their existence. I don't need to know what star is about to explode. I don't need to know the latest discovery in science. The funny thing that I realized (thanks Tim Ferriss) is that I will find out the information that is important through other people. There is always someone available to us that will give us the knowledge that they feel is imporatnt to our lives. I'll let them spend their brain units on it. :)

If I don't need to know that stuff, what do I need to know to live the life that excites me? This is a better question. Instead of wasting hours clicking, reading and gathering unnecessary but fun information, where do I need to spend my time? In developing my relationships, my career and my health. This feels like I could actually have enough time to do the things that will ultimately bring me to my desired life. I will be applying the information that I have spent so much time gathering and put it to wonderful use. Then, I will not feel that the time already spent was in vain.

This leads me to another point: Why am I an information junkie? I think that this is the easier question. I never wanted to look "dumb/ignorant/stupid". When someone says, "I'd die of embarassment" that would be me. I have always had a problem with feeling embarassed, "called out", ridiculed for something that I didn't know. I don't know where or why I picked this up. One possible answer is that I tend to be an observer of life. I see where/why people are ridiculed and I never wanted to feel that way. I was always highly empathetic. I took on what I THOUGHT others felt and were thinking. Did I truly know? Nope, but I THOUGHT that I did.

Well, I feel like I am making some headway and I like that idea. I'll be keeping track of my progress with my "low-information diet".