When I was a kid and lost in thought, my parents called it daydreaming.
Daydreaming sounds better than distraction, absentmindedness, overthinking, or ruminating. Daydreaming is still one of my remedies for a painful present.
Do you see daydreaming in my images for today?
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When I search for “daydreaming” on YouTube, I find this …
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… this,
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… this …
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… and this:
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Now I’m daydreaming about the comments I might get on this post. What are you daydreaming about?
Thanks to all who are here for my daydreaming, including YOU!
Perhaps daydreaming helps with living in complicated times a lot more than any of us would have guessed.
I don’t think you are dreaming about that, my friend.
When my daughter was 9 years old (1984), she was sent home with a note from her teacher about her lack of attention and a suggestion that she be treated for ADD. I had never heard of ADD and discounted the suggestion, saying that I thought it was Newspeak for daydreaming. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn’t, but she was later diagnosed with ADHD (I hope I got all the letters right), and is on a bit of medication for that now – I say a bit, because I don’t know what or how much. She has managed to get a university degree and start a small successful business making artisanal jams, which I suppose she daydreamed about, and only had to give it up because of arthritis in her hands which meant she could no longer stir a jam pot. She is now working with a crew of people who answer 911 calls involving mental disorders. I think her daydreaming has done her well in the long run.
I would agree, Barbara.
Daydreaming has its place in life. Important place indeed!
You have an important place here Jan!
Thank you, Ann. Happy Sunday to you.
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nothing wrong with daydreaming, it’s just like night dreaming but with your eyes open
Thank you for this eye-opening comment, beth!