I'm terrified of bugs and I travel with sprays, lotions, potions; the lot. I have to check the room before I go to sleep and if I come across a bug and fail to remove it I have to sleep in a separate room as I'm paranoid that I'll be taken advantage of as I sleep.
If you're trying to be more creative, one of the most important things you can do is increase the volume and diversity of the information to which you are exposed.
There's something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living.