this is also a major problem for me. i often remember things in the spur of the moment and i often feel like i need to do them absolutely right this very second, or else! and often they’re time-consuming or end up being time-consuming and so i have less time (or no time) for other things … on the other hand, if i don’t do it in the moment, i’ll either:
- forget it, or
- i’ll only remember it again in a suboptimal moment when i actually physically can’t do the task (away from laptop, whatever), or
- i’ll remember to do it another time but that time i won’t have the same hyper-motivation for it, and i might even think it’s not worth doing at all (regardless if that’s “objectively” “true”)
i think this is also one of the reasons i’d be weary of a nannybot/omniminder type device. it would have to take these random-spur-of-the-moment-hyperfixations into account, otherwise it would be useless for me …
sorry, i don’t really have any tips for you, but maybe it helps a bit just to share the pain of immediate distractions.^^