it is creepy for creative people to go to this semi zombie zone
Oh boy. YES. (And for non-creative types too.)
You'll prolly appreciate my new totems on my work desk.
I have a gray rock (see? I was listening) and on the other side, a fragment of a wasp's nest I found.
In between, I have a little card that says "remember your INHERENT worth and dignity" which is
the First Principle of Unitarian-Universalism. I feel somewhat "less religious" than I have in the past,
but that principle (the inherent worth and dignity of every person) still works well for me.
So I got my gray rock as a reminder, and the wasp's nest as another (Nboss)...and my core
principle to repeat to myself.
It's oddly empowering! I see this little tableau all the time every day, right in front of my monitor.

Hops