There is probably too much closed mode with your current project, so you seek the open mode. John Cleese has a talk on this [1], that open mode is for creativi

There is probably too much closed mode with your current project, so you seek the open mode. John Cleese has a talk on this [1], that open mode is for creativity and blocked out time for just that, and closed mode is for shipping and staying focused. If you stay too long in the closed mode, you desire the open mode but there may not be enough on your current project to fulfill that. The solution is side projects, compartmentalizing your time, or finding something creative in your current project for more open mode time if possible with time/budget. However, you can't force creativity in the closed mode though so if you aren't given enough room to be creative and play then it won't fulfill the open mode time needed. Modern day project management is heavy on closed mode and rarely allows open mode play, that is a big problem with today's project management and time/budget constraints, it is why games/movies are shipped late, why software sucks today, why work is drab with little control and more, when you force creativity it isn't. [1] https://genius.com/John-cleese-lecture-on-creativity-annotated https://genius.com/John-cleese-lecture-on-creativity-annotat...