I find that this applies much broader than just work projects. Example: HN articles. I used to scroll through the front page, open every article with a remotel

I find that this applies much broader than just work projects. Example: HN articles. I used to scroll through the front page, open every article with a remotely interesting sounding title in a new tab, usually another tab next to it with the HN discussion that I'd read after reading the article and where I'd keep reading quite a while after being done with the article. That's bad. Once I started prioritizing I'd have much more time for meaningful things. Saying no to reading comments about something I actually didn't care that much about. Saying no to actually finishing reading an article that I didn't really like that much. Saying no to even opening an article just because the title suggested it "could" be interesting but not really my cup of tea. A recent new strategy of mine is to first scroll through the list and then pick the article with the most promising title. Saying no to everything else. I may have missed really good stuff, but the payout is fantastic.