There is plenty of tools/apps/software out there trying to help you navigate the information overload of this modern age.
I kinda have the following setup
- Evernote: mostly for some notetaking and writing + saving articles that I want to come back later (bc their search is just amazing & they can even search through handwritten notes)
- Pocket: kinda neat, solid UI, but never got around to actually reading the articles saved there
- OneTab: during my work day I often open articles that seem like too much bandwith to read through while jumping back to another task in a moment. that sometimes adds up to a lot of tabs and the ram of the laptop struggles, so I just hit the button. Once I hit that button, I basically won't get back to it (600-something by now)
- open tabs are the winners, as I usually go through them on the wknd as my reading list
- emails: since I am not using pocket, I tend to send myself articles via email which I then keep sending myself via Streak. I am now at 40 emails = articles
Today I thought like, fuck this. I feel so bad about myself not reading those articles and keep having tabs open, not only articles but things I need to do. From now on, I will just close every tab I have open to start with a clean mind the following day. And whatever is important, will also be there the next day. Every article I don't read, I will likely read something similar another day. And that's ok. No #fomo.
Having sad that, it is 10pm. On a journey of less consuming and rather making/building/doing things.
Gonna stretch and read a book. (A book I still consider to be mind expanding and not mindless consumption, or is it?)
Anyway, not sure it helped you that much, but writing helps me through my process.
Namaste!