What's something outside of scrolling your life away on the internet that actually helped/helps you broaden your thinking and come up with better ideas in your career? I went on a hike recently, and a lot of the blocks I was feeling creatively for some accounts I work on feel somewhat softer. I guess I'll find out tomorrow at work if it's just a fleeting feeling or if I actually feel creatively energized, but it made me want to fish for some non-traditional ways that help produce better ideas.

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Slow analog stuff like museums, bookstores, or just sitting in a café and people‑watching helps me a lot. Sometimes, just getting out of marketing echo chambers and into other worlds gives you fresher metaphors and reference points.

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Similar to other comments – museums, art, music, drawing, making jewellery, ceramics etc. Plus keeping active. Any creative stimulus you can access combined with broadening your cultural reference points through practice and observation. I find one always feeds the other type thing.

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Letting yourself be bored. I think the reason why some of the slower analog things people are recommending help is because they can be a bit boring. When you're genuinely bored, I think the brain craves something to do and you can put that craving towards tackling better ideas.

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Books, film, music, art for input.

Walks for percolation/ideation.

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A nice, tall, delicious glass of whatever happens to be in the liquor cabinet.

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