Death of Daydreaming

Today I read a Substack post titled “On the Death of Daydreaming” and it made me a bit sad. It reminded me how accustomed I have become to reaching for my phone whenever I am bored, rather than simply accepting a lack of stimulation. As someone who used to daydream a lot (and still does, just less often), I could not agree more with the author’s suggestion that “living a full, meaningful human life means coping with the liminal - those in-between moments of life when we must endure uneasy or uncomfortable experiences”.

After working over the weekend and starting again at 5 a.m. this morning, I decided to treat myself: 5k of indoor rowing at the gym, a second breakfast at Bar á Kaffe, and a 12k lunch run up and down the hills of Skatås in the most beautiful early summer weather. Tomorrow it is back to commuting and teaching statistics even as the weather forecast promises more of the same.