[habnds]

off the top of my head i'd say its a few things:

1, don't use mental capacity for remembering things, do that in a trusted document that stores things you need to remember

2, always be (mentally) knolling, staying organized and recording things you need to refer to later should be a reflex. Supplement this with weekly reviews of everything going on in your life.

3, categorize actions into long, medium and short term tasks. A short term task is something you can do immediately if you have the right context and opportunity.

4. if you're blocked on something, figure out the next immediate task, i.e. "email user group to ask if anyone else has seen this problem before" NOT "figure out problem with spatial join"

Emacs org-mode was a huge help in getting started on this. there's a vscode port of it thats semi-usable. I haven't been a fan of other organization software.