Mental Production
I forgot to mention, i take it one step further when I get really in the zone, I'll think of something like a sidechained reverb and route signal to aux channels and insert plugins in my head lolol, build synths and shit, try to practice my workflow.... I don't have much time to produce at all these days so it's what I do to compensate.
yeah I'm crazy
But seriously, this shit pays off big time when I eventually open up Logic. It's how I improve a lot from song to song (the interval usually spans over a month) even though I get no production done in between... I thought about writing a newspost about mental exercises you can do to strengthen your production, would you guys be interested in that?