Paul Korm wrote:

a lot of care and feeding ... fiddling with the software ... another distraction.

... Starting to look that way to me, too.
But I'm still testing.

Far less distracting ... is noting the three or four things that need my focus
on a 3x2 index card and keeping that card in front of me.

... Very good idea.
I could try that on large Post-It notes.

... Thank you, Paul, for your post about this.