I just have to try to be good about recognizing what is real necessary downtime and what is just me looking for an excuse to procrastinate...

This is very true! And when you learn to tell the difference, let me know. :)

I also agree about the reading. If that had been part of her main post I would have been considerably less enthusiastic about it. I've done more reading in the last year than I have for a long time, too... I was always a big one for reading, but a lot of it was re-reads, whereas now I'm reading the new stuff.