I think one of the things I've realized myself falling into is spending too much time watching videos, reading articles and books, and not enough on actually practicing the basics of just writing a simple app, using a new technology (library, framework, language, etc).
Learn Meteor by example:
- Finish the Meteor Angular tutorial app
- Discover Meteor - Microscope app
- Do the Angular Meteor tutorial
- Meteor - Blackjack game