Hi Michael - my only add comes from my personal experience and may not be relevant as I didn't do CS or Engineering. I did however suffer curiosity overload and needed to find a way to focus, quick.
Know yourself - take a look at your past habits. Where did you feel you won? Focus your efforts there and build on that. Try to get a win every day.
Accountability - I learned I am only accountable when it impacts others. So I set all crucial goals to girlfriend, family, friends, co-founders, team, and customers. That way when it doesn't get done, it impacts me directly!
Diversify - I get most stuck when I think about my business for weeks on end. Help a fellow CEO noodle a problem, and I get focused. So MANAGED distraction could be the key to focus.
From what you wrote, time-blocking seems great by rewarding yourself curiosity blocks and productivity blocks.
For me, my strategy and planning is most productive before work, just after lunch and after 2100. So the day is all about my team and helping them out. In between, I allow myself to read industry pubs. Hacker News is my "diversification" time to immerse in other's challenges.
Hope this helps and keep up the curiosity, but take a breather, language lesson or play guitar to take your mind away so you can properly focus.
Know yourself - take a look at your past habits. Where did you feel you won? Focus your efforts there and build on that. Try to get a win every day.
Accountability - I learned I am only accountable when it impacts others. So I set all crucial goals to girlfriend, family, friends, co-founders, team, and customers. That way when it doesn't get done, it impacts me directly!
Diversify - I get most stuck when I think about my business for weeks on end. Help a fellow CEO noodle a problem, and I get focused. So MANAGED distraction could be the key to focus.
From what you wrote, time-blocking seems great by rewarding yourself curiosity blocks and productivity blocks.
For me, my strategy and planning is most productive before work, just after lunch and after 2100. So the day is all about my team and helping them out. In between, I allow myself to read industry pubs. Hacker News is my "diversification" time to immerse in other's challenges.
Hope this helps and keep up the curiosity, but take a breather, language lesson or play guitar to take your mind away so you can properly focus.
Cheers,
MC