The best thing is not to stick to any one method of weeding, dig them up, pull them, hoe them, mulch them and spray them. Every weed responds best to a different method, and that way is less expensive and more fun, which last is the key, the most important thing is to relax and enjoy weeding, think of it as getting back to your hunter gatherer roots and going on a plant hunt.

Given that many of the seeds are wind-blown, and wind is hopelessly nondescriminating, coupled with the definition that a weed is just "any plant that grows easily where you don't want it, it would seem a battle impossible to win.....Unless, you learn to love them. Just think "wildflowers and groundcover!" ? lol

Trying the get ahead of the weeds but I’m starting to call them plants this year ?

Weed seeds have been shown to survive in the soil for up to 30 years according to a study I learned about in college. Do you compost? If so, try putting a layer of newspaper down, overlapping sheets & at least 2 or 3 sheets thick. On top of the paper gently spread a thick layer of compost & plant the seeds into that. Most weed seeds germinate when exposed to light--that's why mulching works. Then once your seeds have sprouted you can pull whatever weeds came up anyway, (should be fewer if your compost layer was thick enough) & mulch around the seedlings with the material of your choice. By the time the seedlings' roots make it down through the compost layer, the newspaper will be soft & rotted enough so it won't impede them. After growing season you may or may not choose to dig your compost layer & crop residue into the soil. Then repeat the same process.

The wind blows the seeds in. This is one you won't win, lol.

have you ever heard of Petro mat?

You need to dig them up, not pull them. Many propagate through the root system. If you pull them up, you are probably leaving strands of root in the soil.

I've been using plastic tarps to shade out weeds--works wonders in the garden.

Getting behind on weeding is something I'm quite good at!