I have a theory:  If the reason for doing something is "just to get it done", it's probably not worth doing.  As a small example, I've been noticing that my reading list in Bloglines is ridiculously long.  There are something like 300 new items every day.  And if I go away for the weekend, forget it.  There were 800 new items after the Thanksgiving weekend.  It's just too much, and seeing that it has nothing to do with my job, my finances, or my well-being, I often wonder why I spend so much time reading things I don't really want to read.  I'm really anal, so my goal is to read every new item that shows up, even if I just skim it or check the title.  But I often find myself just clicking through and not reading anything, just so the number of unread items will go down.  Bloglines is to me what email is for most other people.  The time I spend on it and the little bit of stress I let develop (yes, seeing 12 unread items suddenly jump up to 55 [usually from Digg] causes me stress) probably isn't worth it. #psychology