I have started steering my daydreaming in constructive directions. I look for ways that whatever I am working on could be used to solve problems in whatever fiction is currently on my mind. I can then use the motivation from the fictional daydream to power the concentration on the work. This isn’t working very well, yet, since it is very hard to find a good bridge between real-life research and interesting science fiction that doesn’t immediately get sidetracked to focus on the science fiction parts. However, in the instances in which it worked, this helped me come up with a couple of ideas that may actually be helpful in my work.
Given how much of my day I spend daydreaming (going to and from work, going shopping, showering, etc), I think that this could be an enormously useful source of time if I can make myself use it more constructively.
Do you have experience with this?
I could imagine that this may not be entirely healthy for one’s mind. Do you know of any research or arguments about this?
I have started steering my daydreaming in constructive directions. I look for ways that whatever I am working on could be used to solve problems in whatever fiction is currently on my mind. I can then use the motivation from the fictional daydream to power the concentration on the work. This isn’t working very well, yet, since it is very hard to find a good bridge between real-life research and interesting science fiction that doesn’t immediately get sidetracked to focus on the science fiction parts. However, in the instances in which it worked, this helped me come up with a couple of ideas that may actually be helpful in my work.
Given how much of my day I spend daydreaming (going to and from work, going shopping, showering, etc), I think that this could be an enormously useful source of time if I can make myself use it more constructively.
Do you have experience with this? I could imagine that this may not be entirely healthy for one’s mind. Do you know of any research or arguments about this?