Another hack I had read about and found out it works for me is to write down any distracting thoughts while trying to focus. Many times, when I try to focus on

Another hack I had read about and found out it works for me is to write down any distracting thoughts while trying to focus. Many times, when I try to focus on a particular task, I get ideas and questions about tangible or completely irrelevant (we need to buy bananas) topics. My primitive brain would drive me to first complete these irrelevant tasks first to get some dopamine reward. Now I always have in front of me a small piece of paper, and when some distracting thought like that hits me, I just write it down, and I reassure my brain I will get back to it once done with the main task I am trying to focus on. It is nice to have these written down because I can completely empty my brain of them. I know it is stupid, but it works for me :)