I'm guilty of heading to the computer first, but usually only to gather ideas first. See what other designers are doing, what my competition is, what styles might fit whatever I'm doing the best. I'll sketch something out or make a list of ideas, or create a folder of ideas-- from color palettes, to possible images, themes, screen shots of things that I find inspiring, etc.
By the time I do get to the computer, I find that I usually need to follow all my bad ideas down their respective rabbit holes and flesh them out before I can get rid of them and narrow in on the good stuff.
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