Break down your work to the smallest action. Some people can go mad scientist/prolific hacker and work without a list, more power to them. You need a list. T

Break down your work to the smallest action. Some people can go mad scientist/prolific hacker and work without a list, more power to them. You need a list. To start, Even smaller items than normal (open text editor, start server, open first file needed, add first interface item if UI, add first Model property, add first function). You are making progress with each item you knock off, that is a fact. There is no time for the mind to wander when you need to just knock off the next small item. You do it and then you can do what you want -- but your mind will probably want another dopamine hit of knocking something off. So you will do another item. Once you can do the extremely small items, add actual features (or parts of them) to the list. Because now you can handle the small stuff. Now you are where people work. They usually work in sprints of a small list of tasks. .. Your mind is probably wandering because of indecision. Take the decisions out of the process for now by breaking down the task. Important: items on the list should include real decisions to make (architectural, strategy of something, etc). The result of those tasks will probably result in adding new items to your list. Good luck!