in response to: Getting into Flow

I've been on the GTD bandwagon since the beginning of 2006, and am still constantly tweaking. Here's my current list of energy boosters/stabilizers:

• writing (i.e. primarily "morning pages"-style journalling ala The Artist's Way)
• music (I like your emphasis on familiar, rather than new music; I've been trying to figure out which music works best for being motivating, not distracting)
• food: smoothies, powerbars, coffee in the morning, "chocolate crack" (the M&M equivalents from Whole Foods, with real sugar)
• regroup at a cafe (usually Barefoot Coffee Roasters)
• hiking
• sleep sooner & wake earlier; this is #1
• nap: 20 minutes
• play with the cats
• set time limits
• competition

In retrospect, it seems very Zen that my energy-builders are about adding whitespace to my life rather than "trying harder".