The colorful spinning wheel of death again.. Illustrator crashes right after you finished that complex flourish, and just before you saved… Sometimes you just need to break away from the front of the computer and do something mindless.

I have to admit it, it took me a while before I put the dartboard up in the studio, but now I find myself hurling darts at it while I’m thinking or sometimes even during brainstorm sessions. Even a brief pitch or two can refresh your mind just enough to get back to whatever challenging task you were up against.