Losing track of time...

I'm experimenting with an old timekeeping & scheduling system I learned while I was going through the diagnosis... so far it has worked a bit, but has mostly over the past few days starkly pointed out to me just how easily I lose track of time while I am supposed to be working... something I already knew, but at a more abstract level.

Here's how it works - I make a list of things to do, like usual, but I also estimate the times I will be doing the things on my list, and then I keep track of the actual time I spend doing various tasks...  for example, yesterday, I was supposed to be working on research on the computer (you might be able to see this one coming already).  I allotted 45 minutes out of every hour for working, something I thought was reasonable, allowing myself 15 minutes out of every hour to do something else, like put a load of laundry in or check email.  Well, at the start of one of these 15 minute segments I checked my email, clicked on a link in the email, and suddenly it was an hour and 15 minutes later!  Note to self, Vyvanse helps with focus, but I still have to decide what to focus on...

The end result was that out of 10 hours, I was supposed to have worked on my project for about 7 hours, but really only spent a little over 4 hours on it... I will, as usual, try to do better today, and speaking of that, my 15 minutes of non-project time is over, so back to work!