Thanks. All great suggestions. The bulleted list in a notepad approach is something I've used successfully in the past, I'm going to start doing it more regular

Thanks. All great suggestions. The bulleted list in a notepad approach is something I've used successfully in the past, I'm going to start doing it more regularly for personal projects as well. Learning just for the sake of learning — good point there. For example, I really have no good reason to read Elements of Programming. I'm not a compiler designer or anything. That said, it is still fun and interesting to read. Probably makes sense to split reading into stuff that is clearly productive and helpful and things that are just intellectual entertainment.