I mean on the one hand, I could take the two minutes right now. On the other hand, I could lie awake for another half an hour thinking about this thing I could easily take care of immediately, and then later on take time out of my day to actually do it. It’s an easy choice which is a better management of time, I’ll be back in bed in a minute.
Alright, now that I’ve had a full minute back and comfy and tucked in again I’ve thought up another task that’s even less time-consuming than the last one.
Write it down? That way you won’t have to do it right now AND you won’t think about it. Probably.
Exactly this. And writing it down gets it out of your head so you won’t do the old ADHD Loop the Loop about it