I notice I am wasting time, or tempted to waste time.
Very deliberately stop, or refrain from starting, the time-wasting thing.
Go back to the productive thing I was doing.
If I haven’t been doing anything productive just now, or just finished a task, check my to-do list.
If nothing on my to-do list sticks out as sufficiently important, either read something I’ve been meaning to read or write a blog post I’ve been meaning to write.
I notice I am wasting time, or tempted to waste time.
Very deliberately stop, or refrain from starting, the time-wasting thing.
Go back to the productive thing I was doing.
If I haven’t been doing anything productive just now, or just finished a task, check my to-do list.
If nothing on my to-do list sticks out as sufficiently important, either read something I’ve been meaning to read or write a blog post I’ve been meaning to write.