How much to spend reading and how much time to spend in programming exercises / programming for yourself? Now I have a daily job and it's hard for me to find the right equilibrium between learning new techniques and stuff and just creating something new with what I already know.
(I read relentlessly, too; English is not my native language though so sorry for the grammar)
I'm not here to convince you otherwise if you dislike reading, but for many it's not as black and white as you present. In fact most of the greatest hackers I've ever met were also among the most voracious readers (Rich Hickey included).
In doing, there is a lot of reading. Every line of code you write you will likely read dozens of times. And if you are writing anything significant, they will be read many more times by others.
(I read relentlessly, too; English is not my native language though so sorry for the grammar)