I too do all these things listed by James, skipping articles and comparisons. But that's because I am now an expert: I've read far too much about dynamic vs. st

I too do all these things listed by James, skipping articles and comparisons. But that's because I am now an expert: I've read far too much about dynamic vs. static to have the patient to fully read the good old opinions about this subject. The same about comparisons, I know it's 10% better than last year's because last year I actually read an article, and it was 10%-15% better than 2010, which was 10% better than 2009. Two things helped: I stopped doing the engineering dance, dueling trivia with others. I don't care if the new iPhone does 5 times less network requests on maps when not on wi-fi but gets less POIs because the map provider is pulverized, on China is X while on Iceland is Y, but on San Francisco bla bla bla. Frankly, talking to a Wikipedia is boring. The other thing that helped is that I gave up trying to live on the bleeding edge of anything. I don't sleep on the line to buy an iPad mini, I wait three days if and when I have the free time. I don't know what's the current best SSD, I google it when I am actually about to buy it. Slowing down is one of the best things I ever did. I have lots of friends that complain about being too "anxious" (all properly self-diagnosed). Just don't do something if you know you'll be complaining about it later.