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I've found that a problem I've had is that a "2 minute task" is sometimes, for me, estimated to be a 20+ minute task.

When I actually got out a watch and timed it, I was like "oh shit, that was not even a fraction of my estimate".

So it's the estimation, not the actual task length/difficulty that is sometimes a problem for me.

Precisely. This is how “mount my monitor on the monitor arm I had lying around” became “ream an 8mm hole in my desk”, “find an 8mm drill bit”, “rig a screw driver to ream out the whole by hand”, “ask coworker for a sleeve to make a sleeve for the bolt so it stays still on my desk”, “ream out the brass shell casing he gave me”.

However, after spending 2 hours doing that, I went and did a bunch of stuff I’d been procrastinating doing that were high priority with seemingly way more energy and focus.

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