Finding the right tools to do your best work is a tricky business. On one hand, having the right tools can be immensely useful. I mean this with regards to both efficiency and enjoyment. On the other hand, endlessly searching for the best tools can send you into a death spiral of staring a a blank screen.
Finding the balance
When your job changes in such a way that your workflow is slowed, it may be time to seek out new tools. A broken workflow keeps you from getting the work done, and it's a problem that needs to be solved in a hurry.
But if your workflow is mostly smooth, it's less likely that new tools are going to give you what you seek. They won't magically transform you into a model of efficiency. Quite the opposite — they'll likely set your work back quite a bit. After all, you'll be busy learning the new system instead of doing that thing called work.
None of this is new
You know, instinctively, when you are wasting time in the name of efficiency. It looks sort of like work. It feels sort of like work. At the end of all the tinkering, you may even be tired.
At the end of the tinkering, you may have some new tools. You may have a shiny new workflow. But you know what you won't have? Any completed work. And if you're like most people, getting work done is kind of a big deal. Keep that in mind while you tinker away.