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I write fairly regularly, but always feel like I don't read as much as I should. Looking back over the past week, I've read a bunch of articles, so why do I still feel like I'm behind the curve? Subscriptions. (thread follows)

Most of what I read I discover kind of organically, via search, social media or the like. Got a few minutes to spare? See what's on Hackernews. There was also a time when I had an RSS reader constantly loaded in a tab and I in idle moments I'd catch up on some favorites. I miss those days.

Nowadays, I'm also subscribed to a ton of mailing lists via Substack. I'm assailed with emails and (until I turned them off) notifications every day. I rarely click through.

Every day, a pile of little obligations arrive in my inbox, and quickly get buried by everything else. So I never get round to them, and I feel guilty.