At least for me, whenever I go down these productivity rabbit holes I spend so much time getting everything set up just so that I never actually get around to benefitting from the thing I was trying to build. I used do the same thing with hobbies as well, buying and collecting all the tools and never actually using them. Same with customising Linux and getting my environment perfect as well, now that I think about it.<p>I know that others get great benefit from zettelkasten and that's awesome. I just have a certain kind of brain that short circuits the benefit part and so they become endless yak shaving exercises. Is there some productivity approach out there that avoids this, other than just trying to keep yourself focused on the outcomes you're trying to reach?