Been there, done that; +1 from me that this is the right answer. Two thoughts: 1. Writing things down is critical for me. You can use paper, Obsidian, Notion

Been there, done that; +1 from me that this is the right answer. Two thoughts: 1. Writing things down is critical for me. You can use paper, Obsidian, Notion, AirTable, whatever works for you. But I must get every little thought around the idea on paper otherwise it swirls around my head and distracts me. Sometimes this can take hours. At the end of this process I have comfort that I can always pick up the idea in the future, when my situation has changed, without having lost anything. This eliminates much of the anxiety that drives the "I need to work on this now!" behaviour. 2. Sometimes you need to allow yourself time to explore certain ideas to answer these questions better. For example, I've had an idea for a game for twenty years that my brain still bugs me about from time to time. Recently I decided to spend a few days watching solo game devblogs - that made it clear to me I'm not in a position to work on this game idea, or any game ideas, and now I can get back to focusing on the ideas that are better suited to my present circumstances.