Daydream
noun
Imagined events or situations that you wish would happen when you are awake, while not paying attention to what is happening around you.
He was lost in a daydream, imagining a perfect holiday.
Often appears as...
- lost in a daydream
- daydream about
verb
To have daydreams; to think about pleasant things, ignoring what is happening around you.
She spent her afternoons daydreaming about her holidays.
Often appears as...
- daydream about
- start to daydream
noun
Imagined events or situations that you wish would happen when you are awake, while not paying attention to what is happening around you.
He was lost in a daydream, imagining a perfect holiday.
Often appears as...
- lost in a daydream
- daydream about
verb
To have daydreams; to think about pleasant things, ignoring what is happening around you.
She spent her afternoons daydreaming about her holidays.
Often appears as...
- daydream about
- start to daydream
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Escape
Daydreaming can be a form of emotional escape from reality or current tasks.
Stressed by exams, Jake often found himself daydreaming about being on a beach.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Daydreaming isn't always positive; it might imply distraction or lack of attention.
During the meeting, her daydream about the weekend meant she missed important details.
Pro Tip 3/3Wishful Thinking
Daydreams often involve scenarios that are wished for or idealized.
He had a daydream about winning the lottery and traveling the world.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Escape
Daydreaming can be a form of emotional escape from reality or current tasks.
Stressed by exams, Jake often found himself daydreaming about being on a beach.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Daydreaming isn't always positive; it might imply distraction or lack of attention.
During the meeting, her daydream about the weekend meant she missed important details.
Pro Tip 3/3Wishful Thinking
Daydreams often involve scenarios that are wished for or idealized.
He had a daydream about winning the lottery and traveling the world.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Escape
Daydreaming can be a form of emotional escape from reality or current tasks.
Stressed by exams, Jake often found himself daydreaming about being on a beach.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Daydreaming isn't always positive; it might imply distraction or lack of attention.
During the meeting, her daydream about the weekend meant she missed important details.
Pro Tip 3/3Wishful Thinking
Daydreams often involve scenarios that are wished for or idealized.
He had a daydream about winning the lottery and traveling the world.
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The benefits of...
and positive emotions, and the evidence suggests that daydreaming can help people envision ways to reach their goals and navigate relationships and social situations. Scientists think there may be two essential parts to this a generative phase of free-flowing ideas and spontaneous thoughts, courtesy of the default mode network,
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A simple way to break a...
The instruction was simple enough but I was missing something really important. So why is it so hard to pay attention? Well, studies show that even when we're really trying to pay attention to something -- like maybe this talk -- at some point, about half of us will drift off into a daydream,
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A glimpse of life on the...
and cans of food tucked away in the back of a closet. There was a deep restlessness in me, a primal fear that I would fall prey to a life of routine and boredom. And so, many of my early memories involved intricate daydreams where I would walk across borders,
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The birds and the bees...
that animals, including ourselves, spend a good amount of time thinking about sex, but what might surprise you is the extent to which so many other aspects of their lives and our lives are influenced by it. So thank you, and happy daydreaming.
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Jorge Drexler: Poetry,...
there are no winners, here’s nothing but suffering and another life blown away. War is a terrible school no matter what the disguise, forgive me for not enlisting under any flag, any daydream is worth more than a sad piece of cloth."
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Daydreaming: The bridge...
other day and she was like oh yeah yeah I loved that whole maiden in the tower daydream when I was a kid I was like no I wasn't the girl locked in the tower I was the guy on the horse rescuing the girl on the tower I was the
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Daniel Goleman: Why...
with a person at work. And they said, well, the fundamental thing you have to do is turn off your BlackBerry, close your laptop, end your daydream and pay full attention to the person.
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Portraits that transform...
in a different sense. I document dreams. I work with daily life as it could be, as I imagine it. I am a daydreamer, but at the same time I love things that are authentic
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Death Row Request PIPE...
a lot of people who I would hire to babysit absolutely not I said to myself daydream all day this way I did with everyday stress and strife back there I just visualized
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Amy Purdy: Living beyond...
It was this moment that I asked myself that life-defining If my life were a book and I were the author, how would I want the story to go? And I began to daydream.
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The benefits of...
and positive emotions, and the evidence suggests that daydreaming can help people envision ways to reach their goals and navigate relationships and social situations. Scientists think there may be two essential parts to this a generative phase of free-flowing ideas and spontaneous thoughts, courtesy of the default mode network,
Video examples
A simple way to break a...
The instruction was simple enough but I was missing something really important. So why is it so hard to pay attention? Well, studies show that even when we're really trying to pay attention to something -- like maybe this talk -- at some point, about half of us will drift off into a daydream,
Video examples
A glimpse of life on the...
and cans of food tucked away in the back of a closet. There was a deep restlessness in me, a primal fear that I would fall prey to a life of routine and boredom. And so, many of my early memories involved intricate daydreams where I would walk across borders,
Video examples
The birds and the bees...
that animals, including ourselves, spend a good amount of time thinking about sex, but what might surprise you is the extent to which so many other aspects of their lives and our lives are influenced by it. So thank you, and happy daydreaming.
Video examples
Jorge Drexler: Poetry,...
there are no winners, here’s nothing but suffering and another life blown away. War is a terrible school no matter what the disguise, forgive me for not enlisting under any flag, any daydream is worth more than a sad piece of cloth."
Video examples
Daydreaming: The bridge...
other day and she was like oh yeah yeah I loved that whole maiden in the tower daydream when I was a kid I was like no I wasn't the girl locked in the tower I was the guy on the horse rescuing the girl on the tower I was the
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Daniel Goleman: Why...
with a person at work. And they said, well, the fundamental thing you have to do is turn off your BlackBerry, close your laptop, end your daydream and pay full attention to the person.
Video examples
Portraits that transform...
in a different sense. I document dreams. I work with daily life as it could be, as I imagine it. I am a daydreamer, but at the same time I love things that are authentic
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Death Row Request PIPE...
a lot of people who I would hire to babysit absolutely not I said to myself daydream all day this way I did with everyday stress and strife back there I just visualized
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Amy Purdy: Living beyond...
It was this moment that I asked myself that life-defining If my life were a book and I were the author, how would I want the story to go? And I began to daydream.
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Sasha Grey
American Actress
I always had all of these childhood fantasies about wanting to invent things, like a spaceship or a time machine. And everyone's imagined what it would be like to go back in time and change things, to see what would happen if you had a different life. 'Back to the Future' fulfills all of those daydreams. It's the perfect movie.
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Ingrid Newkirk
British Activist
Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we now know beyond any shadow of a doubt. All deserve that the human animal afford them the respect of being cared for with great consideration for those interests or left in peace.
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Rachel McAdams
Canadian Actress
I had a small-town life - I worked at the local McDonald's for three years. I'm not sure why they kept me: I am something of a daydreamer and a dawdler, so they would only let me be the 'friendly voice' that greeted you when you entered the restaurant.
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Katie Piper
English Writer
I was writing for myself, not to be published. I was writing diaries, even letters, to myself or to anyone I was angry at. Sometimes they weren't to a person, they were just to the universe - a bit like penning daydreams or isolated thoughts.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
You can make a board for all the goals you want in your life with the pictures on it, and that's great, daydreaming is wonderful, but you can never plan your future.
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Ritchie Blackmore
English Musician
They used to complain at school that I looked out of the window for long periods of time - that sums up my life. I like to look out the window, do nothing, daydream.
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Xavier Dolan
Canadian Actor
All my life, I heard, 'Stop daydreaming,' 'Get over yourself,' 'You'll never get there,' 'Aim lower,' 'You'll hurt yourself,' from teachers, family, and friends.
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Sandra Cisneros
American Author
In my youth, daydreaming nurtured me, provided a safe haven. I'd sleep for twelve hours and even when awake escape to the safe place in my mind.
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Samantha Shannon
British Writer
I'm often daydreaming, and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.
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Talulah Riley
English Actress
I was a real daydreamer at school, gazing out of the window and losing myself in imaginary worlds.
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Sasha Grey
American Actress
I always had all of these childhood fantasies about wanting to invent things, like a spaceship or a time machine. And everyone's imagined what it would be like to go back in time and change things, to see what would happen if you had a different life. 'Back to the Future' fulfills all of those daydreams. It's the perfect movie.
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Ingrid Newkirk
British Activist
Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we now know beyond any shadow of a doubt. All deserve that the human animal afford them the respect of being cared for with great consideration for those interests or left in peace.
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Rachel McAdams
Canadian Actress
I had a small-town life - I worked at the local McDonald's for three years. I'm not sure why they kept me: I am something of a daydreamer and a dawdler, so they would only let me be the 'friendly voice' that greeted you when you entered the restaurant.
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Katie Piper
English Writer
I was writing for myself, not to be published. I was writing diaries, even letters, to myself or to anyone I was angry at. Sometimes they weren't to a person, they were just to the universe - a bit like penning daydreams or isolated thoughts.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
You can make a board for all the goals you want in your life with the pictures on it, and that's great, daydreaming is wonderful, but you can never plan your future.
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Ritchie Blackmore
English Musician
They used to complain at school that I looked out of the window for long periods of time - that sums up my life. I like to look out the window, do nothing, daydream.
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Xavier Dolan
Canadian Actor
All my life, I heard, 'Stop daydreaming,' 'Get over yourself,' 'You'll never get there,' 'Aim lower,' 'You'll hurt yourself,' from teachers, family, and friends.
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Sandra Cisneros
American Author
In my youth, daydreaming nurtured me, provided a safe haven. I'd sleep for twelve hours and even when awake escape to the safe place in my mind.
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Samantha Shannon
British Writer
I'm often daydreaming, and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.
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Talulah Riley
English Actress
I was a real daydreamer at school, gazing out of the window and losing myself in imaginary worlds.
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