Is daydreaming bad (outside of meditation)? A advise that I was given is to be "mindful" when I'm not meditating. However, it seems that mindfulness is incompatible with daydreaming (especially those in which we can get really engrossed and lose our sense of the present moment). Therefore, is daydreaming/fantasizing bad?
It is hard to be mindful yet it is beneficial.


  SN1.18:2.1: “Few are those constrained by conscience, who live always mindful.


It is easy to daydream yet it is fatal while driving.

Which would you choose moment by moment?