Where does your mind wander to?

23Nov07

I’m not supposed to blog while preparing for a midterm exam, but this is blog-worthy. I’m a day dreamer, but I have been trying to kinda change that since a day is only 24 hours long and being clueless as to what professors are talking about is not cute anymore.

I stumbled upon an online survey done by a Harvard student that will try to tell you where your mind wander to, and what kind of a day-dreamer you are.

The result I got was interesting but not surprising:

You spend more time than the average individual ‘lost in thought’ or mind-wandering.

You spend quite a bit of time engaged in ‘mental time travel’. In other words, you spend a significant amount of time thinking of events and people that are removed from the present.

You spend more time than most people considering events that are going to happen in the distant future.

You use your mind-wandering time wisely! You spend more time than the average individual planning or problem-solving while daydreaming.

You spend more time than the average individual planning and anticipating events in the impending future (i.e., you are a planner).

You spend more time than the average individual thinking about unresolved issues while mind-wandering (i.e., you are a problem-solver).

Your daydreams are less visual than the average daydreamer. You tend to ‘see’ people, places and events ‘in your head’ less than most do.

Your daydreams are fairly realistic and tend not to involve improbable events.

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1 Response to “Where does your mind wander to?”


  1. 1 ola Posted November 23rd, 2007 - 9:00 PM

    You spend more time than the average individual ‘lost in thought’ or mind-wandering.

    You spend less time than the average individual considering events in the distant past or future.

    You are a social butterfly! You tend to think about your interactions with other people more than the average daydreamer while absorbed in internal thought.

    Your daydreams involve more visual imagery than the average daydreamer. You tend to ‘see’ people, places and events ‘in your head’.

    Your daydreams are more creative than most.

    Well, I might be big on wishful thinking/ daydreaming but I don’t think I’m a social butterfly

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"Where does your mind wander to?" is filed under Humanities, Psychology and Me, Myself and I. It was published in November 2007.



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