You might find yourself in a similar situation to a Hacker News reader who asked:
How can I stop my inbox/wishlist/bookmarks/tabs/todos from growing?
Saving stuff can be addictive in a similar way to scrolling through social media posts. Sometimes we do it just to clear things out of the way, even though they don't have any long-term or immediate benefit.
The reader who asked the question interestingly used a finance analogy on how to potentially resolve all this apparent clutter that has built up over the years. But another reader wisely pointed out:
"Relax, be kind to yourself. The finance analogy isn’t right, because debt is something you have to pay and these things, or at least most of them, don’t require you to do anything... Now, accept that you will never make use of everything you’ve found. That doesn’t matter... So don’t worry about getting through them. You cannot. Just remove anything that causes problems (incoming streams, expensive storage), and then enjoy your curated things at whatever pace you feel like. You can’t finish it, ever. But that doesn’t mean it is a problem you need to solve. It means it’s a selection to taste from."
Great advice that I'm sure many of us who hoard links and bookmarks for a living (or at least as part of our living) can benefit from.
Now on to this week's hand-picked productivity links!
