I am a sage deep thinker. i reside alone. i go out to coffeeshops to use web. i use voice recorder and pc noting at all hours of day and night. i think constantly. the most valuable trick, IMO, is to stay quiet for at least an hour upon awakening, listen to your thoughts. categorize your interests and see how they relate. i rarely read novels. i love clarity. i recommend clausewitz (on www gutenberg), korzybsky, paul bowles short stories, charles munch conducting, cezanne, self psychoanalysis (remember your life since earliest recollections and analyze everyone and everything), follow rule reasonable enlightened self interest (which includes interest in cooperation and future evolution of human race from our current chimp-like stage). Ah, yes, i should mention that at 81 i am retired (but since early childhood have been an analyzer, and been socially attacked for it). I enjoy myself.