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Wake up that mind with a writing exercise. Pick a random word and write a poem or short prose piece using that word. This may have nothing to do with the writing you need to do. But writing exercises will often wake up your mind, allowing you to focus back on the work at hand. And as an extra bonus, the short poems may be publishable as well.