A great resource to read is Tyranny of the Urgent. It deals with how we put off the important to do the urgent, and that it should be the other way around. Things like spending time building into your grandson rather than cleaning the house.
I try not to do everything all in the same day. For instance, I break up the household chores and just do one thing a day if I’m working on challenges, I will do a DT challenge and then I’ll switch to a challenge for the month and then I’ll go back to a project. I’m working on and rotate like that. I am fortunate that I do get to Scrapbook every day.