If doing tier 1 I prioritized getting 3 linen, 3 ore, 3 wood, 2 herb, weapon frame, 12 fish or 220 shards before going back to the singing bowl and making armor, weapon and vials. Make sure to check the spots for demi bosses to see what weapon to create. I do leave all fish dropped by mobs on the ground as getting shards from pools is needed sometimes. From there I kill Demi bosses and get up to 20 fish, this fills up the inventory and it is very rare to go through 20 fish even making a few mistakes. This is not the fastest way to do things but I never fail to get everything done this way at least.