Yeah, same for me. I like Apex. It is an Insanely fun game. But I'm the kind of guy who plays something for a bit and then something else before I may or may not come back. Apex being live service makes it that I don't want to come back because many of the things I know about the game are no longer true. So I'm not installing it again

What gets my brain going is actually engaging with the subject. What I mean by that is the following: Let's say I wanted to further my DnD World. The best way for me to to that is by either playing some myself or sometimes it's enough to just watch some content related to DnD or Just worldbuilding. I guess what I'm saying is fill the brain with Stuff similar to what you want to do and the desire to do it combined with being already there mentally will do the rest (at least for me)

Eh, I find it to be pointless to try and suppress my Instincts in that. Like I automatically put people in a box or assign them some stereotypes and imho that's fine. But one has to be open on being proven wrong on these things and accept that.