popedriver

I have a long list of books that I'd like to read (classic novels, famous nonfiction, etc.), but I often find myself wondering whether I use this booklist as a means of "productive procrastination". Should I be spending this time working on projects / learning new technical skills instead?

Surely reading isn't always a bad use of time, as there are an incredible amount of successful / famous people who swear by spending great amounts of time reading (Benjamin Franklin and Charlie Munger, to name a couple). But how much is too much? If I'm spending all of my free time reading, then I'm not spending it doing.

I'm curious to hear how others think about this, as it's something I wrestle with frequently. (For reference, I am a guy in my 20s who graduated from college last year.)