I came to this conclusion as I have recently realized (and this may be obvious to others already) that while there is a absurd amount of benefit of having worlds information at your finger tips, one negative side effect is that consumption of information is so high we don't even realize it..kinda like fish not noticing water. Specially consumption without focus. In other words I'd consuming all kinds of information that may be very interesting but may never be materially useful to me or my goals. But having focus by virtue of producing I can leverage having access to the worlds information by being able to get all the information I need about something I am working on.
Long winded way of saying that I want to move from be a consumer of things to producer of something (Even if its super small at the beginning)
1) What kinds of things have you tried when you began your shift? 2) What is some advice you would give to a beginner who intends t make this transition to increase their odds of 'transitioning/sticking'
With regards to informations. There is not one bit of informations out there which doesn't move the stock/bond/money markets.
Perhaps you are just a news&market type guy, who finds relevant bits of information and then retroactively tries to model how the markets will behave, you do this by analyzing how widespread is the knowledge of this particular bit of information and how are people reacting to it as they (like you) become knowledgeable.
There is no shame in betting on other people's reactions, matter of fact it's the best way to make money on a risk adjusted basis.
Creating Amazon or Google as a way to profit off the rise of the internet is a terrible bet on a risk-adjusted basis, what you'd want to do is create a portfolio of internet companies in 1995, then sell when things became frothy in 1997, resist the temptation to short the bubble for 3 years and then buy again once the bubble popped in 2001.
During that period you could replace the time you would use to watch videos, play games, etc with anything that doesn't involve consuming information.
The goal would be to become bored once again and that way regain control over one's attention in order to be able to apply or withhold it intentionally, kind of like how it used to be when there was no internet and no digital devices surrounding you 24/7.
Then, when control over attention is established, you could work from there, no longer being so torn towards that passive entertainment (in disguise).
Good luck :)