I had all my best ideas stareing out of the window on long train or bus journeys. These days I’m constantly “entertained” by my phone so it’s much harder to get into the same state of mind.

I would add that if you’re using Windows then you don’t need a 3rd party anti virus as long as you keep Windows up to date. Many commercial anti virus programs behave more like malware than the things they’re meant to protect you from

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle