Creative thoughts start off as little spontaneous embers.

If you don't notice them they flit back out of existence, self extinguishing.

You need to not be doing something else to notice them.

Once you notice them you can nurture them to help them take hold and grow into a flame.

Once they are captured in a durable form like a piece of public writing they become a self sustaining flame because the energy to persist is so low, so they're always there ready to take hold for new viewers.

The mundane pointless bullshit will take every inch you give it.

In the work context that's swirling busy work.

In personal life that's listening to a podcast or scrolling a feed if nothing is happening for more than 5 seconds.

The last refuge of agenda-less distraction free time for these embers to be noticed and nurtured is the shower!

To be creative, make more "shower time".

Walk more places and don't listen to anything other than music or look at anything on your phone.