1. I make myself carve out at least 2-3 hours per week to learn something new.  If I start reading&#x2F;watching something that doesn&#x27;t measure up to my expectations I &quot;fearlessly ditch it&quot; much like bklassen suggests with boring topics.<p>2. Choose what will be the most beneficial for furthering your current situation.  For example, I&#x27;m currently focusing on learning more Python programming as it is necessary for an algorithm I am creating.<p>3. To keep myself creative, I&#x27;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&#x27;t use as much.<p>Hope all of that helps, best of luck!