Spirit City, writing, and exercising creativity

So, a few weeks ago I discovered Spirit City: Lofi Sessions on Steam. It was not a game, but rather a gamified productivity program. I hate that description. It sounds soulless and corporate. What Spirit City is, instead, is a chill background environment. It doesn't have to be productive. You don't have to be productive. However, as a result of it, I have been productive. For decades, I've struggled to build a writing habit. Every now and again starting somewhere around 2007 or so, I've tried to start writing every day. In 2010, I joined a website called 750 Words with this intention. I was hoping it might help me build that habit. However, it never clicked for me... at least, not until after I bought Spirit City, and a couple other things happened. This winter past, I read a book called How to Write a Lot. It was meant for professors and grad students who need to write research papers. The thing that stuck with me, though, was that the primary advice of the author was just "set a…