The way I approach ct/st/wod for gear I want is basically - from reset day to end of the friday I will fish for an item I want(and that doesn't meant farming it - I'll do one or two with FC then go do something else). If by end of friday I don't see it - on saturday I'll run it and grab the first piece of loot I can use - or want.

It has proven to be a decent sanity keeper.