The benefits of daydreaming

Before I discovered my Passion Catalyst work, I always envied those people who could honestly say they knew where they wanted to be in five years. About a year into creating my Passion Catalyst business, I realized that I had a five year plan (informal though it was). But it didn't come because I sat down and analyzed my opportunities - it came from my daydreams! That was when I knew for sure I was on the right path.

As this article on the WebMD site says, daydreaming tends to get a bad rap in our culture, but there's a lot of potential to it.

"Daydreaming is looked upon negatively because it represents 'non-doing' in a society that emphasizes productivity," says John McGrail, a clinical hypnotherapist in Los Angeles. "We are under constant pressure to do, achieve, produce, succeed."

But daydreaming can be beneficial in many ways and, ironically, can actually boost productivity.

According to the article, daydreaming helps you:

* Relax
* Manage conflict
* Maintain relationships
* Boost productivity
* Cement values and beliefs
* Boost creativity and achieve goals
* Relieve boredom

So when was the last time you really opened your door to your daydreams? Don't you owe it to yourself to discover what's there?

Curt Rosengren
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Comments

[Steve S]

Yes, it a hidden advantage for those who can use this technique in this almost anti-meditation, productivitity focused economy. I use some of my train commute time and some lunch time to do this when it is more socially acceptable to do so.

[Charlie on the Pennsylvania Turnpike]

Actually, I once used day-dreaming as a reason why sleeping is a time-wasting endeavor.

If the body is tired, the body should rest. If the mind needs to 'relax', isn't that the purpose of day-dreaming?