To be clear, I am not recommending that you follow in my footsteps and create a spreadsheet for every game you play. I am deeply unwell, the world is on fire, and creating little charts and tables is how I exert some semblance of control over a chaotic world. Also, not every game needs a spreadsheet.
There are so many armor sets in Tears of the Kingdom, and tracking down every piece is super rewarding both in terms of exploration and the powers you get from different sets. What's less rewarding is upgrading the ones you already have. You need to visit Great Fairies with the right amount of ingredients, some of which are super rare or only drop from specific enemies. Some of which you might've otherwise walked right past if you didn't know you needed them. (Looking at you, Lizalfos tails.)
I also gave myself space to write down what ingredients I need for an upgrade, which is low-key the most helpful part for me. Almost everything in Tears of the Kingdom is used to upgrade some armor set or another, but I don't always remember which ones I care about. And the only way in-game to see what ingredients are needed for an upgrade are to visit the Great Fairy directly.
This saved me tons of wasted effort because, when I'm out adventuring, I can quickly look at my notes to see whether I still need a particular item when I come across it. Not only is this handy as reference, but it saves me from having to go on a farming run later for the five Thunderwing butterflies I walked right past hours earlier.
Running an outpost empire in Starfield
Credit: Eric RavenscraftEnter my Notion table. For this one, I gave myself at-a-glance reference points for the resources each planet has, which of those resources are available at my outpost, and which of those I'm currently harvesting. Since you get a bonus when you've fully surveyed a planet, I've also marked whether I've completed that planet's survey. (Note: I wasn't able to easily make this into a template, so you'll have to make your own version from scratch. This page from Notion will help you understand the basics, but there are plenty of other YouTube tutorials to check out if you need more guidance.)
I used Notion for this one because I liked its approach to databases a little better than Google Sheets. You can create a full database with entries for all the data you need, but then create alternate views that only focus on some of the data you've created. For example, I also tracked what flora and fauna grew on each planet, but since I didn't need that while managing my outposts, I decided to create a view that didn't include it.
So, I made myself a little calculator. I started by tracking the average amount of time it took to complete a game and how much XP I got for each game. Then I gave myself a few boxes that calculate how much time it would take to reach a reward tier, based on how much XP I'd earned so far. I got it down to a point where I only had to fill in three blocks (highlighted in blue in the sheet) to see how much more time I was planning to waste in a game for a cosmetic reward I wouldn't even use.
This has actually helped me kick some of that "Just one more game" habit that's so easy to fall into. Every online game these days has a litany of rewards and points and blips and bloops designed to give you just a little dopamine every time you decide to keep playing. My calculator tool wasn't designed to save me time, but it did end up being more honest about it than Blizzard would ever be.
Other spreadsheet ideas
Even if you're not into making your own, there's a chance some enterprising gamer out there has made arcane spreadsheets for things like how much an armor buff affects your favorite hero. Any time there's some math I want to do that the game doesn't do for me, or resource requirements I'm sick of Googling over and over, I'll turn to my trusty spreadsheets—and now you can (should?) too.
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