I've been sick as balls for the past week and a half. On the plus side, it's been my first week and a half in 8 years without smoking. Maybe this time quitting will stick.

During this time, I've done zero art. I couldn't. So you know what I did instead? I planned. I took ideas that I had half-formed, and I formed them more. I sent my ideas to friends and made my wife listen to them over and over until she hit me in the face with a bag of Halls. Now, at the end of this sick, I'm free of nicotine, and I have a whole group of ideas formed and ready to manifest.

I'm interested to hear any stories or tips you guys have like this. How have you (or could you) used downtime better?