I've never heard anyone else mention this - thanks for making me aware of it! Something that sometimes works for me is to imagine something that's emotionally

I've never heard anyone else mention this - thanks for making me aware of it! Something that sometimes works for me is to imagine something that's emotionally flat, but complicated enough that it pushes other thoughts out and it's not boring. An example might be: I imagine myself building a model train in my backyard. I'll kind of 'drift down' to thinking about how to set up, say, the grain dispenser, then how to paint it, then how the colors work together, etc, etc. The next night it's something different.