I like to keep my mind occupied too..

even if it's something as simple as being here and posting, it helps to have something to focus on
I find that (at least 90 percent of the time) if I'm not doing anything with my mind, then something will happen

in quieter moments, I've started telling myself stories- really stupid stories too, like a cat who thinks he's a shark, or a dog who goes tweet tweet at everything he meets.