I&#x27;m a big fan of day dreaming, and set apart time in my day for it. I guess mind-wandering is the new term.<p>But I think the article is protecting the very stressful cycle of thinking about the same things over and over and over without being able to let go. The old<p>&quot;I should go to grocery store to get food&quot; leading to &quot;I should cook more at home&quot; to &quot;That one time I tried to make tikka masala it came out bad&quot; back to &quot;I should go to the store&quot;<p>cycle.<p>I&#x27;m all for the embracing of day-dreaming, but that comes from mindfulness. A calm, clear place where thoughts are free to bubble up as freely as they are able to go.<p>Mindfulness meditation practice is, for me, the gym. It helps me put my mind to that place, to focus and put 100% into whatever I&#x27;m doing, whether that&#x27;s chopping carrots, programming, or day-dreaming.