Balancing creative tools when working on personal design projects

I’ve dealt with that same kind of overload on a long illustration project where every new task seemed to require downloading yet another plugin or software trial. Eventually I stopped and reviewed which tools I really used, and it turned out that most of them didn’t add anything meaningful. While comparing subscriptions, I checked out https://www.spendbase.co/ in the middle of organizing everything just to see how many services I was still paying for, and it helped me trim the setup down to what actually supported my workflow. It felt like taking a weight off my shoulders and made the project a lot more enjoyable.