this is always a work in progress for me; currently I'm trying to find interesting books/articles, and as I read them keep notes of things they bring up that I can branch off on and research further; adding it to a reading list (instapaper usually) So as long as I can keep my reading list full and curated, I should always have something to read. This also allows me to go deeper into a subjects as opposed to just having a shallow understanding on a bunch of different things.
Where this falls down is when I'm tired and my brain doesn't want to engage in reading something useful, and just wants to wallow in mud. This is another work in progress, and I'm looking for things that aren't great, but aren't horrible either.
Helpful, thank you. Sounds like you're in a good place with it anyway.
I have Dropbox running on my very old computer (Amiga 1200) so syncing with that means I can write on that which I enjoy. But besides that, insta paper would work quite well. I'll look into it.