>>56061824So, for me and some other collectors, we like to establish a collection identity to form some assembalance of self control and restrictive measures.
For example I collect cards that are English and released in the year 1999 and don't go outside of that threshold.
This allows me to preemptively know what my binders should or could look like and where to leave empty slots.
So for me it's basically Base Jungle Fossil and some Blackstar Promos.
You said you don't want to do sets, understandable, people should collect what they like. In your instance if it's simply cards you like without specified parameters you can find yourself collecting every card in existence at its limit.
Unfortunately without a stable collection identity the random hot mess binder is the collection identity. Maybe dedicate pages for your favorite pokemon.