Surfing around reading all day steals the ability to think for yourself filling your mind with many ideas, doing nothing at the end with the day slipping through your fingers.
but, gives the sense that something was being done. It is a false reward system :)
self-doubt is a big thing, isn't it? Maybe it works on a cycle, where we doubt ourselves and fear the judgement on what we are not sure about, which then escalates our doubts.
Most definitely feel this hamster wheel effect, writers block where you formulate ideas then freeze up, over thinking the topic on hands wording. This is where being yourself really comes into play.