This little nugget at the end is the key of all of this, to me:
> It does mean sometimes I miss some questions or don't pursue an interesting research question, but helps me maintain a manageable workload.
It's easy to get hyped up by modern productivity software, sort, categorize, and prioritize everything, only to end up creating way more work than you will ever be able to do.
Keeping things simple (eg using a TODO.txt file) is one easy way to help prevent putting too much on your plate.
> It does mean sometimes I miss some questions or don't pursue an interesting research question, but helps me maintain a manageable workload.
It's easy to get hyped up by modern productivity software, sort, categorize, and prioritize everything, only to end up creating way more work than you will ever be able to do.
Keeping things simple (eg using a TODO.txt file) is one easy way to help prevent putting too much on your plate.