Fiddling around can also be okay, if it is relaxing.

True but the project templates is a solved problem. I haven't chosen one I liked yet but here are some options:

https://www.notion.so/nikitavoloboev/Project-generator-3cd74...

This is unfortunately, me.. I've slowly come to the conclusion of not using to avoid it completely (that's to hard), but rather timebox it when i catch myself drifting