{"id":8598,"date":"2012-04-18T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=8598"},"modified":"2013-01-01T19:15:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T00:15:54","slug":"permission-to-daydream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/permission-to-daydream\/","title":{"rendered":"Permission to Daydream"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/small>In school, nothing gets a kid in trouble faster than staring out the window…daydreaming. It shows they aren’t focused on the subject at hand.<\/p>\n

“Pay Attention!” teachers say.<\/p>\n

Maybe it’s inhibited our ways of learning or understanding the world, even into adulthood. Did you ever wonder why you might come up with some of your best ideas right before you fall off to sleep, or in the shower?<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s because you’ve loosened your mental grip long enough to let new creative ideas in, in that more hidden, subterranean put of your mind. You’ve started daydreaming…which is actually problem solving.<\/strong><\/em> (Now, it sounds important, huh?)<\/p>\n

Today, I’m giving you permission to daydream.<\/p>\n

Put on a pot of coffee and decide on some situation you want to ponder. (And put your coffee in an air tight thermos, so it doesn’t taste like armpit after 20 minutes. Just a little tip for ya.) Then, just give yourself 10 or 15 minutes to daydream. It might open doors you didn’t know were there.<\/p>\n

Has there ever been a time when daydreaming helped you solve a problem?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

For more resources for creators and communicators click the new tab at the top. Much is in store. And thank you for reading this blog today.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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