I used to think I was weird, until I just accepted the fact. Perhaps weird isn’t the most accurate term; I’d describe myself a lot of other ways, too. Animated yet composed, optimistic yet realistic, an introverted extrovert. Yep, a walking contradiction. Many of us alike exhibit traits that completely contradict our outward descriptions of ourselves. But there is something within us that reigns rather constant, things that agree with us when our head drifts into the clouds.
Our subconscious.
Where our mind wanders when we are not keeping track of it every second or focused on a specific task.
The 3 p.m. daydreams, detailed interactions that live inside of our minds, but haven’t actually happened yet – subconscious. Could be anything from the cute new guy across the office to imagining yourself on a plane to your favorite travel destination. The subconscious works with other parts of our mind, body, and soul to illustrate the things we really want and need. Since the subconscious indicates a much larger complex, we’ll focus on the daydreams for now.
Here is why it’s important to give it the time of day.
Studies conducted on the topic of daydreaming have shown estimations that up to half of our waking lives are spent daydreaming. That is a large amount of time spent being displaced from reality, whether it be for a few moments or 10 minutes at a time. This estimate suggests that daydreaming has some sort of larger value.
Ever heard that the content of your daydreams and dreams, in general, carry a deeper significance that may be hidden or necessary in your life? Ever woken up and googled “giant snake in dream meaning”, searching for the hidden token of insight into your own life? I sure have. Though our subconscious thoughts can be complex, they often represent the root of what is really important to us or urgent to our lives at the time.
So Why Do We Daydream in the first place? Daydreaming is a form of automated “rehearsal” the mind undergoes involuntarily as explained by Dr. Muireann Irish, a neuroscientist studying daydreaming at Neuroscience Research Australia. Notably, the content of our daydreams are majorly “directly or indirectly linked to our goals” explains Professor Eric Klinger from the University of Minnesota. In short, the places our minds are wandering to are linked to goals we hope to achieve, though they can vary from short-term goals like taking the laundry out of the dryer in 20 minutes, to the goal of launching your own million dollar coffee brand.
When the mind is given the space and time to drift into new territories, it discovers new and old things about us. It peeks into the archives and manifests an ideal future all on its own. Our subconscious thoughts are often examples of our deepest truths, and our inner desires of “what to do next” says psychology professor John A. Bargh of Yale University. In some regard, our inner cognitive has already decided what we like best, what we should be doing. Our next move is identifying and acting upon these significant clues delivered through our daydreams.
Consider this quote to tie up some loose ends.
“Don’t quit your daydream”
Our subconscious thoughts are trying to tell us something. They are much more than pesky distractions, and the quote is a simple reminder that our wildest, most creative thoughts and goals that occur effortlessly within us are driven by passion and truths within our minds and could have an actual purpose in our realities.
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