Inbox Zero Using Getpocket

Mark All as Read. Congratulations on Inbox Zero achievement.

The only thing that stuck for me from getting-things-done was the 2 minute rule. Or the 'its quicker to do the thing than to manage the task via a complicated process' rule. Even then there every time I do a cleanout in Pocket there is stuff I dont even want to waste the 2 minutes on. Then there is the stuff older than say 2/3 months - I am probably not going to go back to either, but nice to have it in the search index all the same.

And that is how I am lazy, bookmark stuff and then never read it afterwards.

Different strokes for different folks. All depends on what you're doing, what you're ignoring, what you should be doing, and what you want to be doing. Once you can be honest with yourself, priorities become clear.

As long as you keep moving in the long-term, it's OK, just remember to make time for yourself. This is where a lot of people focused on productivity inevitably burn out.

Perhaps the problem is that you

1. Assign yourself a reading task on a whim.

2. Call yourself a “lazy piece of shit” for not doing those carelessly-assigned tasks.

3. Avoid your reading list because opening it brings up emotions of shame.

> I'm always in awe of articles like this one where people describe their workflow with the help of mindmaps, flow charts, class diagrams etc. and where they detail meticilous (self-written) extensions or scripts for categorization, readability etc.

Thanks for your kind words. It took me years to find the almost perfect workflow - at least for me (I still have some ideas how to automate several things even more).

I'm a heavy Emacs user but I thought sharing some diagrams might visualize more the described process. Also for non-techies.

If it makes you feel better, you are certainly not alone :-) This might be more your speed:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/88adya/death-by-1000-tabs-co...

I look at this the opposite way that you are: I usually consider these to be solutions looking for problems.

I don’t even think that reading articles on the web is a particularly good use of time (yes, even when they’re informative!), and this person managed to turn it into a job with business logic and network diagrams and everything.

I'm in a similar boat. I use pocket almost exclusively when I'm travelling. It works really well for that but I'd love to extend it. Eg download and store video content, or permit tagging when submitting URLs via email, automatic tagging, ...

Can anyone recommend a hackable alternative? I found https://alternativeto.net/software/pocket/?license=opensourc...

In a very similar situation. On the off chance any body from pocket is reading this, I'd kill for the ability to save a pdf! I read aot of research papers and I'd love a way to save and reference them later.

I know that when you do the math, you end up with a huge list. The trick is to focus on one little portion of your reading list (the next bucket in my post).

Some months ago I've also realized I had items in my list from 2017. But I didn't read them. You don't have to read everything. Just focus on what currently has your attention: a specific event, a topic, just sth that's interestingly for you now. This way you'll manage to read more.

Again: I think the goal is not to achieve inbox zero. The goal should be to just read/learn more.

Part of what helps me with having saved more than I will reasonably read is being okay with missing out. I generally accept that I will die, which is liberating. I’m not yet to the point of not saving the article in the first place, as I hold out hope/plans for setting up a way to easily search all I’ve saved. I use Anki for phone numbers and addresses and language and other things, and I let that slide sometimes, too, and focus on positive reinforcement whenever I practice whatever I find valuable (per BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits).

Realizing that I would have used this extension to remind me about itself sold me on the idea. Will be using it in the future.