City builders and colony builders are major time sinks. Anything with micro-tasks. I just need to finish this one building, I just need to finish this prisoner recruit, I just need to … And then it’s 3 am and you have to wake up at 6 for work. Civilization games do this to me too.
Have you tried Dead Cells or Hades? Both are wildly popular and you will have constant action start to finish. They are rogue-likes/lites, so if your not into that, be warned. Hades does have a progressing story though which is amazing!
Water heater repair?
Just make sure the gas if off before you touch it, and maybe don’t light a match right away.