Installing software can be a pain in the butt but it gives me something that I rarely find at work or home: free time. In that time I like to sit back and think. I think about problems at work, I think about things I'd like to do when I'm home. I think about the inane and off the wall things that not only give my mind a break but also help to spawn new ideas.

For me freethinking is not just productive, it's also a great stress reducer. I find that I'm able to not only solve problems but also prioritize and analyze whether things are really a problem in the first place. Over the years I've found that, upon further investigation, many of life's little problems are really opportunities in disguise.