I've come down to admitting to myself that there's a "now" pile and a "never" pile. Sometimes, the never pile items can graduate to now, but those events are of

I've come down to admitting to myself that there's a "now" pile and a "never" pile. Sometimes, the never pile items can graduate to now, but those events are often random or born from unforeseeable external events. Projects that are not on my current short list of "need to know" things are added to the pile (added to Pocket with a tag of "checkthisout"), and I've decided to stop making myself feel badly for the list of things I never got to looking at. Items that fall into into the "now" column are added to a separate text-based list that I actively look at and work thorough when I find myself with extra time. What's truly "extra" time and not just time that should be spent on chores or honest-to-god downtime is an entirely different conversation.