@jtheseamstress@hcommons.social some tricks I use for specific issues below: Remembering to do things: a calendar app is good for this. I use Taskwarrior mostly for things at planned future times and for recurring tasks. Getting started: I have a daily diary page in my notes app (I use vimwiki; others like Org Mode, Logseq etc might be better if you're not already a Vim user; some might prefer pen and paper). To start something, I write a description of what I need to do, spelling it out and collecting notes of details I'll need. By the time I start doing this, I find I can usually start executing the task. Taking a lot of notes on the diary page is also good for task switching and interruptions because I can just scroll around the page to get my context back. Sometimes I'll copy/summarize things from previous days about a task I'm returning to so I have it on today's page. I summarize/write up diary page notes into wiki pages organized by subject when I know I'll want to refer back, but getting stuff down on the diary page is enough to know I can search for it so I don't have to figure out what goes where up front and can do that as a sort of idle task when it's more relaxing to do it later. Checklists: my daily diary page has a template with a daily checklist which includes all the various inboxes (email, chat, merge requests, etc) I need to check for updates. Having the checklist helps me get the day started. I also have checklists for other things (e.g. leaving for a trip, vehicle maintenance checks, ...). Anxiety-inducing tasks: I give myself some slack by recognizing it's making me anxious and deciding for this task, I only write the plan and set a reminder to come back to it. Knowing I'm not doing the scary part now allows me to plan, gather all necessary info. Having that in front of me with no effort/side-tracking will allow me to execute without losing momentum next time. I hope some of this helps :)