It's a dreary day in Milwaukee which unfortunately has to be rather productive. Yesterday I was talking with my best friend and we decided that we should take a mini vacation together this summer. She's in New York and I'm here and we haven't seen each other in a year. We figured we'd meet somewhere interesting in the middle. Cleveland didn't sound too interesting so we're going to meet up in Pittsburgh. I love trips and every summer have road tripped my way home from Savannah. It's always fun and you come across the most crazy things... hence Dinosaur World. I didn't actually stop there because there was a major traffic accident and we were all rerouted but the sign and giant Dinosaur was awesome.
Every morning I watch the news and find the newest thing on the internet and this morning I came across an interesting study that says daydreaming is actually healthy and not a sign of laziness. This study, at the University of British Columbia, discovered that when your brain daydreams the "default network" and the "executive network" are more active than normal. The "executive network" deals with complex problem solving. They say it's an important cognitive state where our brains turn its attention to the problems in our lives and sorts through them. Good to know. Especially after teachers always call out kids for daydreaming in class. Daydreaming takes up 1/3 of our waking lives and now we know it's a very positive thing we must do to work through our problems.
New therapy prescription: daydream at least once a day!
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