When you get stuck on a problem, how do you get unstuck?

We all get stuck on problems, whether that's the daily Wordle or Connections or a coding problem. But how we get unstuck is probably different for all of us. For me when I'm stuck on the Wordle or Connections (games I play daily with my family), all it usually takes is stepping away from the game for a few hours to do anything else and picking it back up. Or even just a little trash talking. Then I've got the answer! Like word problems and games, coding and other technical problems also pose similar challenges.

Sometimes I get stuck trying to debug a hairy bug or unwind some complex logic. Sometimes I'm trying to figure out why I'm getting a connection refused or connection timed out error when setting up my VPC. It depends on the problem I'm up against, but there are a few things I do to get unstuck:

Step away from the computer and think about something else. I come back with a fresh perspective. Even if it's just to spot the missing semi-colon!
Write the problem down on a sheet of paper. If I can diagram it or jot down some pseudocode, I look at the problem in a different way.
Explain the problem to my coworker on Slack. Sometimes I figure out the problem before I get an answer back and sometimes after they ask a few clarifying questions. Sometimes it takes both of us pulling our hair out as we figure it out together.