Everyone works differently. I’m going to focus on writing, here. Not that it’s what I do best (that would be eating cookies while singing in the shower), but because it’s something I put a lot of thought and thinking time into. As a note, it would be better if I used that time for actual writing, but that’s hard and I’m tired and stop telling me what to do.
One thing most writers do is talk to other writers. We discuss the craft, the process, the joys and the pains. Well, just the pains. There are no joys. No, there are, but they’re not really joys. They’re just the absence of pain. Important thing to keep in mind.