Letting your mind wander is a major cause of unhappiness
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Re: Letting your mind wander is a major cause of unhappiness
#2During my day job, my mind wanders constantly. I work in construction and I'm highly intelligent, which means I rarely have to concentrate hard like others do. So I spend a lot of my time thinking up story and plot details, which actually makes me quite happy.
Although I think having a dozen different characters living in my head probably exempts me from inclusion in a study on happiness.
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#3This makes sense, if you're intently focused on doing a task or completing something you wouldn't have time to really display any emotion, let alone unhappiness.
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#4By extension, spending too much time on Hacker News will make you unhappy. Get back to work! ;-)
Re: Letting your mind wander is a major cause of unhappiness
#5By extension, spending too much time on Hacker News will make you unhappy. Get back to work! ;-)
Although, reading Hacker News is what I'm "actually doing," and I'm very focused on it!
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#7If your mind is wandering, it's probably because you're not interested in what you're doing. Therefore I doubt simply focussing on whatever boring task is before you will bring happiness: the trick is to actually be doing stuff that interests you. Not exactly an Earth-shattering revelation...
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#8This study documents an association but fails to prove causation. Therefore this headline is misleading.
Re: Letting your mind wander is a major cause of unhappiness
#9Previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1895008
Re: Letting your mind wander is a major cause of unhappiness
#10During my day job, my mind wanders constantly. I work in construction and I'm highly intelligent, which means I rarely have to concentrate hard like others do. So I spend a lot of my time thinking up story and plot details, which actually makes me quite happy. Although I think having a dozen different characters living in my head probably exempts me from inclusion in a study on happiness.
Although I think having a dozen different characters living in my head probably exempts me from inclusion in a study on happiness.
nope, only if they get out of your head.