I'm glad EA has given you feelings of hope and purpose - I really resonate with that experience. I also resonate with sometimes feeling overwhelmed with all the things to read and do. 

Some musings came to mind when I read your post. I don't know if they'll resonate with you, but sharing just in case it's helpful.
1) When I'm feeling like that I sometimes think about the starfish parable mentioned here. There are an overwhelming number of starfish, but I'm doing my best to try and get some back into the sea, ideally as many as I can, knowing I'll never save them all. That sometimes helps me get out of overwhelm/ paralysis. 

2) Staying in metaphor land, I think it's also worth saying that while I can't save all the starfish, I can save more if I start sooner, rather than spending too long reading about how to throw. I think I used to feel like I didn't know enough, that I could never catch up, but that I needed to catch up before I could do important work. It might be worth checking in with yourself about what you're reading for pleasure / interest, and what you're reading in your pursuit of impact. They certainly aren't always mutually exclusive, and it is good to be well informed before you take certain actions, but try to figure out what what knowledge you need, to prioritise obtaining in order to take some next steps towards impact. 

I really appreciated reading this, and resonated with many aspects. Thank you very much for writing it. 

In case it's helpful: given this is a fairly long post, I'd really appreciate if there were headers, so that I could skim what kind of things the post is covering, and help orient myself. I'd also have appreciated the conclusion being at the top as a clearer TLDR, to have a sense of where you were going with the piece. 

Thank you for sharing! I liked this post :)) Recently I went to a social space I'd not been to before (which hasn't happened for a while) and I was surprised how anxious I felt at first. I was also surprised how lovely people were very quickly, and I think it's reminded me that new spaces full of strangers can actually be great places, albeit they don't stay 'strangers' for very long. 

So excited about this, thank you for all your hard work making it happen!!!

Misc rambles I haven't thought about for long, in case they're helpful!

I personally find streaks motivating! One thing I like about duolingo is that you can earn back your streak by eg. doing extra language classes. I wonder if there could be other ways to get people to 'maintain their streak' even if they can't afford to/forget to donate on a certain day or month. I don't know what the valuable things would be but I imagine something that keeps them engaged and caring about donations. Perhaps it could be watching a short video about one of the charities/cause areas, or doing a short quiz, or sharing something on eg. instagram or something. Alternatively it could be watching x number of ads where the revenue then goes to the charity (no idea if this would generate meaningful amounts).

One thing I would be nervous about though is that if you're donating daily, it might feel like a much bigger part of your life and as a consequence a much bigger burden/sacrifice. Particularly if you have t choose where to donate regularly. I'm sure there are ways you could maybe mitigate that, but I think a way in which I find the 10% pledge useful is that I make the decision in a rational headspace and then try to just imagine I never had that extra money in the first place, rather than viscerally tracking what I'm 'losing' on any given day. 

Framings where you're building towards a specific thing maybe seem like they avoid this. Eg. if we have an idea of how many chickens donating to THL saves, perhaps there could some kind of virtual field of chickens that you populate more as you donate, in a similar way to growing trees in the focus app 'Forest'. 

Another idea could be something that just makes it quick and easy to donate if you feel a burst of empathy. Eg. if you're in a city and walk past someone homeless and then feel an urge to donate/give but feel angst about what's effective etc, or if you see an animal suffering and wish you could do something about it etc.

Just come across this - I really enjoyed it! Will send to some friends.

Quick thought: Monzo pots function similar to the envelope thing you mentioned - https://monzo.com/pots. When your salary comes in, you could use the salary sorter ( https://monzo.com/salary-sorter/ , split it in the app across bills, savings, spending, subscriptions, donations etc. If the next month there's consistently lots left in eg. the bills or spending pot that hasn't been used, that might be a sign to consider changing the proportions. The categories might also be useful for tracking spending - if you're not on the free version then you can edit them and add new ones. There might be downsides to switching bank accounts though/ other reasons this isn't a good solution! 

I don't have a question top of mind, but wanted to say thanks for doing an AMA, seems like it could be really useful for some people deciding where to give.

I really like this post (both the content + it's well written imo) - thanks for writing it. 

I don't think younger me had any idea of how much wondering 'what is most impactful thing for me to do' I'd be doing as a weekly or daily thing even in an 'EA job', or how much uncertainty I (and friends & colleagues) would feel.