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As someone with ADHD and who also works from home 4 days a week, alarms are your friend. I have specific alarms set for tasks i need to get done every day aside from my main duties.
Depending on your job, setting up automations can also help. Anything to make your life easier will give your brain more bandwidth which ive found helps me focus better. For me, i have a script that automatically refreshes a webpage that i need to monitor all the time. I always keep this tab separate so that when it does refresh, i almost always notice.
I'm an automation engineer so this is literally my job. I've automated everything I can but since it's my job it literally never ends.
As another eng, let me suggest two things:
I find that helps me a ton.
2. Consider looking at getting a "Time Timer". They are a little pricey for what they are but they a) move the alarm from digital -- which is a mental space for me -- to physical, and that seems to matter for my noticing it; and b) seems to be the only commonly available timer that ticks in a way that matches an analog clock, which allows you to align it with the current clock and see the hour burn down in front of you.
If you find something that helps you avoid "well... What's 15 minutes more? This would feel good to be done...", let me know. I'm now very aware of how much time I'm spending on shits and giggles.
Dude that's awesome thanks!