RSS and Notion have made me much more positive about this problem recently.

I’ve found a nice RSS reader I like on my phone and use it to follow HN, blogs, newspaper, podcasts etc. There is only one opening/start in the pipeline. I don’t really read twitter anymore.

I open a reading list on my phone’s browser and use open tabs as a todo. I lose interest in some too but I don’t worry about that any more.

If I hear something interesting in a podcast I note it down in a collection in Notion while I listen.

After reading a book, paper or long article I copy my highlights into notion and summarise them over the course of a few weeks on my commute.

I also keep a notion table of unread books and use that to plan what I read on my ebook reader next.

I also gather information relevant to work in there. Links to docs or notes for my next 1:1.

With many of the notes I never return but I find the writing, summarising and organising helps me remember what I’ve read.

I think I take notes to remember things but i’m not really sure anymore.