I'm not a coder, but I generally agree with all your rules. I have pretty good self control, so I usually just nail my wireless on my laptop and plug away with

I'm not a coder, but I generally agree with all your rules. I have pretty good self control, so I usually just nail my wireless on my laptop and plug away with my work, so I generally avoid the need for 1 & 2, however that is how I used to work before I left my desktop in another country. #3 is an unbelievably important point and I fail to do it myself and I get bitten in the ass. When I finish writing I always try to add a quick 'to do' of my thought process for the next day, I find it helps me get back into the groove a lot faster. The past couple of days I forgot to do it and it seriously feels like going against a brick wall and basically feels like how writing used to be for me at the beginning. #6 I practice myself, but I'm never sure of. I have music going and then like 40+ minutes later I become lucid and I'm like 'SOAB I missed the song I like', so I'm unsure if the music helps me or if it's just background noise. Although music can certainly help set the mood for working, so I suppose it helps in some way.