What tools/tricks do you use for long focused work sessions? I find my attention drifting all the time. The nature of my current contract work is such that I get small tasks assigned randomly throughout the day which has only enforced my bad habit.

I'll highly recommend reading Deep work by Cal newport

1. Do the above ☝️. 2. Set expectations with the team that Planned tasks happen for a fixed window and Adhoc / unplanned tasks happen only in a different fixed window. Start with a 50-50 split of your time and slowly wean towards a 70-30 split of Planned vs Unplanned tasks.

timeblocking like @straight-continent-34777 said definitely helps. Also, take some time to run tasks through eisenhower matrix, and use something like a kanban board to keep things stockpiled?