Tips for dealing with restlessness?

Since I started actively practicing Buddhism more and more in daily life, I noticed my anxiety and stress pretty much dissipated.

Now I feel that a part of me is thinking "yes, now we are actually getting things done, like we always wanted to!" and it produces a constant enthusiastic restlessness. I see it for the hindrance it is, and how it negatively impacts me:

• when I meditate, my brain goes like "Do we still need to do this? We already trained ourselves out of the biggest hindrances. We could be spending this time working and getting more done! How about we plan our day while we're just sitting here?"
• when talking to my boyfriend, if it's about a topic I am less interested in, the restlessness pops up again: "Maybe we should stop this idle chatting and get to work?". Though I think listening and learning more about his interests is an important part of a relationship, and usually quite enjoyable too.
• when doing chores, the nagging voice tells me "rush rush rush, we have lots of work to do today!"
• when talking to clients, the voice thinks "why are we wasting time going over useless things? Let me just work on the project!"
• I sometimes play a video game to relax. A new expansion for it is coming out soon. I have lost my enjoyment of it, as I keep thinking how much more awesome it will be once I have that too!
• I am excited about things to come (e.g. getting a new computer and workout machine on Black Friday), and my mind keeps being drawn to daydreaming about what I will do once it happens.

My current strategy is to just re-focus the brain on the here and now whenever I catch myself dwelling on these things.

Do you have any other tips, dharma talks, or books/articles on how to deal with this?

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