How to keep thinking innovative thoughts

Recently, I've experienced some creative and mental fatigue. I've still been trying to take in a lot of information, but have been trying to be more selective and go with the material that will inspire me. I happened to be sitting down with a cup of tea when a passing butterfly migration got me thinking and reflecting. As a thought experiment, I've tied 5 different butterfly observations to ideas about thoughts, but in short, Let your thoughts move like the butterfly migration. These 5 themes are about paying attention, flight patterns, waiting, favourable conditions, and allowing fluctuation over time. I do wonder, what are the meaningful artefacts you return to? What are the stories that you can use to explain the essence of who you are? How do you return to this when you are feeling fatigued? How do you interact with your thoughts and what are your patterns of innovating? References Teaching as Brain Changing: Exploring Connections between Neuroscience and  Innovative Teaching  Butterfly information [1], [2] A Narrative History of Experimental Social Psychology