While I absolutely love the work I do, one major downside is I don’t really get any time to experiment anymore or even read up on what others are building. 

Trying to set aside and commit to a minimum of 2 hours a day for it. Any other advice on how to stay up-to-date?

building @anonworld / prev: manifold.xyz opensea.io

I wrestled with this last year following a change in role and focus. No practical how-to advice (sorry), as see it more of a mindset shift. I am no longer fixing an acute problem or saving the day, I am defining a defensible strategy and ensuring a wider collection of commercial resources can come together around it

The output of which is measured on an annual / multi-year basis, which forces me to think longer term and set new priorities accordingly. If I stay true to these it becomes much easier to see the value in — and make time for — the all-to-easy-to-cancel connects with the right people, or personal time to read

Buffet and Munger have lots of quotes attributed to them on this topic. Plenty of short clips on YouTube which unpack some of their habits

(Hope this was helpful, made some assumptions based on your job title in bio)