1. I make myself carve out at least 2-3 hours per week to learn something new. If I start reading/watching something that doesn't measure up to my expectations

1. I make myself carve out at least 2-3 hours per week to learn something new. If I start reading/watching something that doesn't measure up to my expectations I "fearlessly ditch it" much like bklassen suggests with boring topics. 2. Choose what will be the most beneficial for furthering your current situation. For example, I'm currently focusing on learning more Python programming as it is necessary for an algorithm I am creating. 3. To keep myself creative, I've taken a hands-on art class (yes, my first one), read some mindless fiction, and did an online language course. I fully believe in broadening your experiences and exercising parts of your mind that you don't use as much. Hope all of that helps, best of luck!