But generally, when I woke up, my brain is: "Their is this important thing to do, otherwise it could turn bad. So, no distraction and start doing it" And so, I start to do this thing, without thinking to anything else.
And when I have no task with bad consequences if I miss, I'm so tired that my brain is: "Today, nothing urgent to do, so let rest, no need to read or take notes or tasks".
And I know it's a lot because of habits I took at bad jobs. I can still hear "stop writing stuff, if you are a good employee you can remember".
Doing like this was a survival habit during some times, so my brain work automatically on it.
It's not the only one bad habits I got.
In a few jobs, bosses tells me "Write code now, I don't pay you to do nothing" while I was just thinking about the logic of the software, or why I have this bug, etc.
And, to keep my job, I had to write code without thinking first. It took me a while to stop this habit.
When my brain is on something, it go back to habit.