To have an original idea i need to take my mind of things.
For small problems i like taking a walk, sometimes talking to someone helps (a dog is great at that, they love the attention, or a guinea pig which will also talk back to you (week week brrr...) just to be able to work at the situation at hand from a different perspective since you have to explain the situation to someone without knowledge about it.
apart from them getting to know everything what you do it is also important to understand that your employer will be liable for anything you do with their computer.
(Download something by bittorrent, even if it is a legitimate Linux distro -> no fun to explain when /when, not if/ your employer gets sued)
For small problems i like taking a walk, sometimes talking to someone helps (a dog is great at that, they love the attention, or a guinea pig which will also talk back to you (week week brrr...) just to be able to work at the situation at hand from a different perspective since you have to explain the situation to someone without knowledge about it.
doing something totally different for a while.