[jgeewax]

This might sound backwards, but sometimes I do my best work after I decide I'm not going to do anything that day.

I go outside and walk around and just think, day dream, brainstorm. Almost always, I'll start thinking about "work" in some form and will end up dying to get back to it. I'm usually incredibly productive when I get into this mindset.

I turned this into a "hack" by waking up early (7AM) and deciding that I'm not going to do any work until noon -- just spend some time outside. By 9AM I'm usually itching to crank on something.

(This doesn't work for me if you watch movies or TV during your "thinking time"... you have to be alone with just your thoughts...)