Man, 16 pounds off really adds up on a climb like that!

Kept a running note for years and honestly it never once made me pick better stuff, it just gave me a second pile to feel bad about. What finally worked was a stupid rule: if I would not text it to a friend at 11pm with no context, it does not make the cut. Being picky got way easier after I cut my reading time down to 20 minutes a day, because suddenly only a few things stood out instead of everything. Funny how sending less made me actually read the good ones instead of just hoarding them.

Have you thought about weighing the boxes instead? A kitchen scale takes way less time than counting every piece, and you can learn the weight of a full copy pretty quick. Missing 11 armies from Risk would have shown up as a real difference on the scale.