“All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men; they act out their dreams to make them reality.”
- Thomas E. Lawrence
We’ve all been there - sitting at our desk and suddenly we find ourselves slipping into our own little world. We start thinking about possibilities, creating scenarios in our head and acting them out. If we’re lucky we might even get rocked with a mind-bending “AHA!” moment during our mental day-cation and get clarity on something that we’ve been trying to figure out on a subconscious level.
Believe it or not, the average daydream only lasts about 14 seconds, and it happens to everyone. In fact, some studies show that we spend about 46% of our waking hours daydreaming, particularly at work.
According to an article published on psychologies.co.uk, “[Daydreams] help us realise our goals, and reveal our innermost hopes, desires and fears. ‘Paradoxical though it sounds, daydreaming is what makes us organised,’says Eric Klinger, professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota. ‘We think of daydreams as scatterbrained and unfocused, but one of the functions of daydreaming is to keep your life’s agenda in front of you; it reminds you of what’s coming up, it rehearses new situations, plans the future and scans past experiences so you can learn from them.’”
So what’s the takeaway here? If you find yourself drifting off to la la land in the middle of the day, you shouldn’t necessarily fight it. Let it happen and enjoy it - it might contain the very idea that will change your life.
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