How do other people do it? How do you keep up? How do you cope when you can't?
Give yourself permission not to keep up. It's hard, I know - you want to be involved, you want to be on top of things in fandom, you want to post your thoughts on *everything*, but you can't and still have a job and a life. No one can.
My involvement in lj waxes and wanes. I accept that addiction to information and involvement is a downward spiral with no end in sight, and allow myself not to know/be involved with every conversation, every debate, every exploration. ;) I'm much happier than I was when I had to read everything and comment everywhere, and I enjoy what I *do* take part in on lj much more.
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Give yourself permission not to keep up. It's hard, I know - you want to be involved, you want to be on top of things in fandom, you want to post your thoughts on *everything*, but you can't and still have a job and a life. No one can.
My involvement in lj waxes and wanes. I accept that addiction to information and involvement is a downward spiral with no end in sight, and allow myself not to know/be involved with every conversation, every debate, every exploration. ;) I'm much happier than I was when I had to read everything and comment everywhere, and I enjoy what I *do* take part in on lj much more.