Have you ever quit a productivity app because you spent more time organizing than working?

I spent over two years obsessively tweaking tags color coded folders and automated dashboards inside a complex task manager.

One day it hit me that I was using the app to create the illusion of progress instead of shipping actual code. Moving back to a bare bones markdown note took away the friction and doubled my output.

How often do you audit your tool stack to make sure your apps are actually helping you finish tasks rather than just planning them?