Hey Travis! Draven here. I've been doing magic for a couple years now and I think I know where you are coming from with your question.
When you're out on the street trying to impress people with your magical talents routining effects can be somewhat of a challenge. You may find yourself saying: "I know like half a dozen awesome tricks... but they really don't go together that well." So how do you overcome that?
One of the easiest ways is to theme your presentation, and choose effects that fit or work within that theme. For example if you possessed psychic powers and could move objects with your mind you may consider doing tricks like Hover/ UFO card, Haunted Deck, or tricks using Loops, Tarantula, or other ITR reels. That way every trick you do calls back to and reinforces your character in the spectators mind. So if you know a bunch of seemingly random card tricks then you could be a card mechanic. Someone who has studied the art of 52. How to work a deck and work mark to get out of them exactly what you need. Perhaps you're never invited out to your friends house for game night because they don't trust you because of your skills, and you're going to show your spectator why.
All magic presentations, unless you're just doing one or two tricks for a spectator and then walking off, should have a build up. That is to say there should be a clear beginning, middle and end. The end or climax should be the most amazing thing you can do, while your beginning or opener should quickly establish skill and character so as to hook the audiences attention. Ambitious Card, or Chicago Opener are wonderful beginnings, while a sandwich effect (depending on what it is), tossed out deck, floating card, or card to impossible location, can be strong closers. If you're deck is set up a specific way, because of a stack or because of a gaff, then you either switch decks or you start with that specific trick, remove the gaffs when done, and move on.
Don't get yourself too flustered over what an audience sees too much. What an audience sees and what they understand are two completely different things. If you're not broadcasting what you are doing you can easily set up a deck right in front of the audience and to them it could just look like you're counting the cards to make sure you have them all... oops nope forgot one. must have got stuck in the card case (who hasn't had this happen to them?!) or in your pocket. Or you can just turn your back to them and get ready, then turn back around. Being a magician is about using misdirection to your full advantage. And misdirection is making the audience see, hear, and experience what you want them to. This isn't always what is really going on. If you've performed something, gaff is in the deck, and you want to move on then you can always palm the gaff out to pocket, or just switch decks. I've handed my normal deck to a spectator before, told them to shuffle, while I've done a trick using my set up deck. Once I'm done, that deck goes away, I take my deck back that's been shuffled by the spectator, and move on with the show. I don't explain why I did that or why I switched decks. That's not important. What's important is what is about to happen next! Here ... let me show you. Watch this... and away we go!
Don't let this bother you too much man. It sounds like you have all the practical practice down, you just need to go out there and work a few audiences. Don't be afraid to fail. Embrace failure, learn from it, and become stronger for it. Keep it up man. Good luck!