There's loads of stuff I'm interested in, and when I'm reading I do genuinely enjoy it, however every time I earnestly create any reading list it just piles up until I give up.
This pattern has happened with books, movies, tabs, theory, video essays, wikipedia, etc etc.
I usually minimise my lists to just 5 things in no particular order, then when I've finished one on the list I'll add another. prevents it becoming overwhelming for me and it allows me to read/watch/experience what I feel like at that moment.
this sounds really good actually thanks! I get into little loops where I'm like "okay what if I just save this for if I need to find more about this in the future" as if I didn't originally find it in 5 minutes