Actually, I have had times before when daydreaming about something actually helped me to tackle a problem in real life. I just can't really remember them all the time.
Actually, shouldn't "daydream" be defined? I mean, do passing thoughts like moths count as daydreams? Is a daydream strictly something where you imagine specifically something? Are all thoughts just daydreams?
Either way, yes, I have had daydreams that have gotten me out of situations. Often times, when I forget about large projects due within 24 hours, I "daydream" on how to conclude such reports in a timely and punctual fashion.
In fact, I am doing this right now, as I forgot about a paper due in my AP US History class. I "daydream" and plan how to finish in time for school tomorrow. My mind makes all the calculations and figures what I will write in the paper so that when the time comes for me to write it, I am ready to complete the work in one swift session.
I must say right now, though, that this definition of "daydream" irritates me. It seems more like mental organization and planning than daydreaming. I always saw daydreaming as something you did when you were bored or in love, as something enjoying. This definition only reminds me of bad and desparate straits of old.
I suppose I have also had this type of daydream during awkward social situations. There are some people I would rather not talk to but find myself conversing with against my will on a regular basis. As they talk to me, I daydream about how to get them to stop talking to me so that I might socialize with my closest friends, and this has saved me many a time from a lunch period spent being pulled away from the attentions of my boon companions.
In short, daydreaming is a useful technique in this definition, and even in what I consider its true definition, it is useful for making dreams come true and relieving stress. Now excuse me as I go relieve some of that stress.
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