It don't feel happy with the sentence

I busied myself with the tasks around the home.

I would prefer

I ____ [with] the tasks around the home.

where ___ represents one word. "Occupied/concerned/engrossed myself" are similar constructions that come to mind, but are all still two words, and are especially unsatisfying because of the sneaky reflexiveness going on.

I feel like there's a word for "busied myself" that is right on the tip of my tongue. What is it?