Having trouble focusing? Letting your mind wander and daydreaming can actually be important tools at your disposal. Here's how it works.
Harnessing focus means being intentional about how we use our time.Being intentional about focus can help creativity.both as all-or-nothing games. That is, either you're paying attention, or you're distracted. Either you're being creative, or you're thinking in the box.
And later, while I did well in school, I often got the sense that the ways I was letting my mind wander, and the ways I was paying attention, weren't what teachers generally wanted to see or hear. Years back, I used to try to stop that wandering and focus like"everyone else." But I've come to realize we all have our"best" ways of focusing, as unique as each of us. We just need to figure out how to harness them.If you’re like me, you may sometimes beat yourself up for not paying attention the “right” way. Maybe it’s when you find yourself with multiple internet windows open, or going down a rabbit hole of Googling.
. You might find yourself saying, for example, “I’ll never get this report done” or “I don’t have any good ideas.”can be a positive thing. This is when you stop focusing on one thing and let your thoughts drift. As many studies have found, mind-wandering promotes creativity, and creativity can bring you joy.[1] One psychology professor, Moshe Bar, has conducted a great deal of research on mind-wandering and has found that it actually can birth many of our greatest ideas.
For example, when I was thinking of how to end a short story, I simply asked myself, “Given this character’s, how would she respond?” At first, I had no idea. But, as I took a long walk and let my mind wander, an idea for the ending bubbled up.
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