I brainstorm for a story I'm working on during my down time at the registers. Then I spend my breaks writing. At my old job where I made soft pretzels at the mall, my coworkers and I would just joke around during down time. In the old days, we would also make weird, fun concoctions with the pretzel dough. A lot of failed experiments, but we all got pretty good at making pizzas out of the dough and our various dipping sauces.

When student teaching, I would just put on music while lesson planning and such while at work. When doing that stuff at home, I would usually throw on Netflix or something.