Yes, I've gone through this transition, as have several colleagues. 1) Start blocking tech news sites you visit during the day (TechCrunch, hacker news, etc). V

Yes, I've gone through this transition, as have several colleagues. 1) Start blocking tech news sites you visit during the day (TechCrunch, hacker news, etc). View these once per a day or preferably once a week. You'll find you're able to concentrate on what you're working on and will stop being distracted by the newest shiny language, library, framework etc. Next find done real world use for your programming. It may be hard to grasp some concepts until they're grounded with a problem you're facing.