Hey Michael (and whoever might see this). I suffer from a similar thing. Too many possibilities and cool options, what ifs. I'm an ENFP personality type (the inspirer) and also have some ADD (have coped well with it as an adult). I also sometimes smoke weed (which gets me even more excited about the world).
Ok, two things that have worked for me.
Short term focus:
Pomodoro technique. You work in 25 minute spurts and don't let yourself do anything but work in those 25 minutes. Aim for 5 or 8 or some number you want to get done that day. That way, you won't feel bad if you can't necessarily finish something that day, you put your pomodoros in.
Long term focus:
Google Warrent Buffet's 25 things method. James Clear did a good article on it. You write down 25 things you want to do. Then you decide which are top 5. Then you DON'T touch anything from 6-25. You have to leave those alone. They will overextend you and dilute your focus.
So that's it. Pomodoro and the 5 things. That keeps me in line.
Ok, two things that have worked for me.
Short term focus:
Pomodoro technique. You work in 25 minute spurts and don't let yourself do anything but work in those 25 minutes. Aim for 5 or 8 or some number you want to get done that day. That way, you won't feel bad if you can't necessarily finish something that day, you put your pomodoros in.
Long term focus:
Google Warrent Buffet's 25 things method. James Clear did a good article on it. You write down 25 things you want to do. Then you decide which are top 5. Then you DON'T touch anything from 6-25. You have to leave those alone. They will overextend you and dilute your focus.
So that's it. Pomodoro and the 5 things. That keeps me in line.