To your Eureka effect list (all good and they've helped me as well), I would add: * sleeping on it — I can't count how many times I would dream up solutions an

To your Eureka effect list (all good and they've helped me as well), I would add: * sleeping on it — I can't count how many times I would dream up solutions and implement them the next day. Knew an old Vietnamese electronic tech in the film industry who experienced this regularly while debugging complex lighting ballasts * alcohol — completely subjective. I find up to a point it can break down a mental barrier or two. Sometimes so can a bloody ugly hangover. Then again, in the second case you might be putting the actual work off for another day or so... * heavier exercise — a good run, or strength routine in the morning does more to clear my head and prepare me for a day than anything else I've tried. Similarly has a mentally rejuvenating effect like walking when you splice it in between other work— only it tends to be more of a 'shock to the system' method like a little too much indulgence in the former point.