I sympathize, believe me. Life is too damn short and there's hardly enough time in the day to juggle work and time with people I care about, let alone learning

I sympathize, believe me. Life is too damn short and there's hardly enough time in the day to juggle work and time with people I care about, let alone learning new things that have no immediate application to my life. I think my long-term strategy for dealing with this is to amass enough wealth to have more freedom of time to be able to do some of these things. Perhaps I'm naive. Time will tell. On a more immediate and practical note, my new Kindle should arrive any day now. Reading has always been my favorite way of learning new things, and I devour books at a good clip. This makes it difficult, because hauling around several thick books at a time is a pain. Hoping the Kindle makes it easier to fit reading into my life. Side note: make sure you finish your degree. I know guys with loads of potential who came within a few classes of graduating from top engineering programs and then got distracted by life for several years. Seems like a terrible waste to come so close and not finish.