Two things I love to do for monotony are: 1) Take a random stroke from a pen and use that as starting point for making something interesting on a piece of pape

Two things I love to do for monotony are: 1) Take a random stroke from a pen and use that as starting point for making something interesting on a piece of paper. Sounds silly but it is fun and I have had a couple of people ask for them when I was done. 2) Go to a second hand store that sells a variety of things. Look all over the store and see if there is an item that screams to come home with you (if you want to make it harder take something with you to donate/sell before going). You never know what you are going to find and you'll have a story to go with it.