I do this, but I honestly don't know if it helps or not; or, to be more specific, I don't know if my actually breaking down the task is what helps or if it's si

I do this, but I honestly don't know if it helps or not; or, to be more specific, I don't know if my actually breaking down the task is what helps or if it's simply a means of coaxing myself into thinking about the task long enough to get "in flow". Outside of flow, doing anything else is easier than doing the task. Inside of flow, it's just as difficult to stop working on it as it was to start working on it in the first place. Either way, I write things down. I used paper notebooks for years before moving to a Markdown-formatted git repository that is automatically built into a static site when I push it to the remove. These days I've taken to using a reMarkable 2, an e-paper tablet. The fact that I enjoy using it adds to its utility, but I'm not yet sure if it's something I'm going to stick with long term.