(via) You know how there are times in life when you find a little bit of badly needed solace by staring out a window and watching the world go by? Well, according to the School of Life, doing so isn’t as counter-productive as it seems. It’s actually really good for you.

The point of staring out of a window is, paradoxically, not to find out what is going on outside. It is, rather, an exercise in discovering the contents of our own minds. It’s easy to imagine we know what we think, what we feel and what’s going on in our heads. But we rarely do entirely. …The potential of daydreaming isn’t recognised by societies obsessed with productivity. But some of our greatest insights come when we stop trying to be purposeful and instead respect the creative potential of reverie. Window daydreaming is a strategic rebellion against the excessive demands of immediate (but ultimately insignificant) pressures – in favour of the diffuse, but very serious, search for the wisdom of the unexplored deep self.

So go for it, guilt free. Put that chin on your palm and brood in strategic rebellion!