Lately I've been noticing how much more reflective and strategic I am when I just open a text document and start typing out all my thoughts. Something about the act of putting characters on a screen seems to trigger my strategic planning and thinking brain modules, so instead of getting buffeted around by urges and aversions I start to analyze things explicitly and act according to my analysis. Recently I've developed the habit of opening a text document to record and reflect whenever I'm feeling substantially unproductive and it's giving me interesting results.