How to not over focus on small details?

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I've been working in a grocery store bakery for two years and have recently transferred to work under a manager who knows I have Aspergers and is more than willing to take a different approach in managing me than her NT staff; and because of her I now have a decent shot at becoming assistant department manager. One issue she and I both noticed is that when I'm over on the cake side of the bakery, I slow right down (I am a very fast worker so this is unusual) and we figure that I get so obsessed over the small details of cake decorating that I lose track of time and therefore slow right down. My usual tactic of making a to-do list doesn't work for this. Any tips on what I can do? The only thing I can think of is set my phone to go off at when I should be done a certain task (she allows cell phones on the floor, how awesome is that?!).

too much details. i hate them

I worked in a bakery in a grocery store and had this same problem. If she allows cell phones, I'd recommend setting an alarm. Also practice your decorating so that you can do it with the proficiency you prefer in a shorter amount of time.

I obsessed over decorating because I'm artistic and have been drawing my whole life so I felt like I should be able to do things perfectly. I was there for a few months and wound up being just as good as my boss who had been there for years. Which didn't sit well with everyone else, especially when I decorated freehand. I wasn't as quick as everyone else but my work was high quality or I scraped it and redecorated.