What do you do to boost your creativity and/or productivity?
edw519: The single most important thing I do to "boost creativity and/or productivity" is to work in such a way that I don't need to "boost creativity and/or productivity" to get my work done.  This has to be done the night before.I always quit all online work at least 2 hours before bedtime and print whatever I'm working on.Then I go into any other room with program listings, blank paper, and pens (especially red!) and plan out all of tomorrow's work.All analysis, design, and refactoring must be done at this time. I do not allow myself to sleep until the next day's work is laid out. I also do not allow myself to get back onto the computer. The idea is to have a clear "vision" of what I am going to accomplish the next day. The clearer the better.This does 2 things. First, I think about it all night (maybe even dream about it). Second, I can't wait to get started the next day.I always wake up and start programming immediately. Once I get going, it's easy to keep going. Any difficulties are probably because I didn't plan well enough the night before.With proper planning, "getting into the zone" becomes a much smaller problem.