One of my favorite focus hacks is "start before you start". For example, suppose I know that Monday morning that I'll be adding a certain API feature. On Sund

One of my favorite focus hacks is "start before you start". For example, suppose I know that Monday morning that I'll be adding a certain API feature. On Sunday late at night, I'll fire up my IDE, open the project, and scroll to the specific methods that I'll edit (or the place where a new one will be added). I'll also launch my terminal, and start the app server. Then with everything ready to go, I shut my laptop. This works better for me than starting from a fresh context in the morning.