I have been watching a lot of Scrubs lately. JD is the narrator and main character of the story. He provides voice-over to the series which fills the roles of his internal thoughts and an overall narration in the show.
JD’s most prominently featured quirk is his habit of daydreaming. When this happens, he tilts his head back and to the left, blankly looking upwards. The sequences played out in his daydreams are of surreal scenarios and situations that have just been mentioned or wondered about, often in an exaggerated manner.
JD made me realise how much I like to introspect and daydream. Its really simple. You just need to shut out the sounds and fly away to a fantasy world of yours. Over the years I have improved a lot in my technique. Earlier I had to close my eyes to cut out the real world and dream, but now I don’t need to.
If you ever find me lost in a conversation, not talking at all, you can be almost sure that I am only physically present. Mentally, I am in my own beautiful world. I dream about a lot of things – cars, F1, then a few of my favourite movies, either replaying the or wondering what could have happened if things turned out the otherway, what I would like to do in future, holidaying at some scenic location, almost always New Zealand, then of course Lord of the Rings, else flying the Millenium Falcon, and the list goes on.
And this is a good habbit I have developed. It helps a lot in class. Few people like to sleep, a few grunt, complain about having to attend classes while I enjoy dreaming. The only side effect is that your facial expression tends to become blank. As you are not aware of what people are talking about, you do not know if you need to smile or be serious. I generally try to imitate group’s facial expression. So if someone laughs out, its a cue for me to do so as well. There’s always a time lag though, and sometimes I have landed in trouble because of it, but most of the time it works out pretty well.
I have got bored of writing already. A recent study found that the average concentration span of human beings is just 5 minutes 7 seconds. I need a break now. I am off to my dream world.
Update: I improved my skill to include dreaming while conversing. Intelligible and sensible replies are not expected, but I am able to say something which adds to the conversation while at the same time also dreaming – multi tasking.
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