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Daydreaming: A Pleasant Distraction

Daydreaming about potentially bright and happy future experiences can fill you up with positive emotions. Fantasizing about the positive experiences that await you fill you up with energy, and that motivates you to keep going.

Imagining a great future creates discipline, as our dreams are real for us, and we want to achieve them by toiling and struggling in the present. If we do not dream or are not able to visualize our dream, we may not get motivated to push ourselves harder.

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