Daydreaming Is Good!

     Often times if we are caught daydreaming, it is seen as a waste of time, idle action which produces no real work or result. So what happens? We are pulled back to reality to focus on a more practical or I would say realistic work. In a way is true since an idle hand isn't going to produce anything right?

     However I believe everyone should be given a duration of time to daydream. Simply because when we daydream, we are actually expanding our minds, forming new creative ideas. Though some may debate time is precious and no one has time for that. I'll tell you why daydream can be much better than conventional education. During exams, usually the answers that we vomit out during exams are just pre-existing or memorize facts that we obtain from whatever sources. Yes, you can debate also that a person's knowledge is increased as he or she reads more. True, but that is all about it. All the knowledge you have stored in your brain are merely copies of what you have read, nothing more, nothing less.

     As for daydreaming, whatever that is in your brain, you are actually allowing it to expand. Why so? Simply because when we daydream, we create scenarios, plots, characters, situations and etc. together with our existing knowledge. We are actually creating new things to coexist with our knowledge. So what we have learned, it won't be just merely copies, but a modified or even an improved versions of that knowledge. For an example, in biology we learned that white blood cells destroys pathogens to keep the body healthy. However when we daydream, we could be imagining white blood cells as humans or robots retaliating attacks from aliens (pathogens). So this allows a person to expand not only in terms of knowledge but also creativity.

     This is why I believe some of us lack creativity because everything has to be realistic, built within a set of rules or perspectives. Anything beyond that would be a struggle. Though I won't deny that knowledge is definitely important, but that by itself isn't going to produce anything different or unique. The worst part is that the world requires us to show potential that is different from others in order to succeed but at the same time fixate certain systems that makes us all the same. Therefore daydreaming do help develop a person's creativity, and we should do it often regardless of what society may say otherwise.