Daydreaming is fun. If you’re a creative person, it’s also surprisingly productive. So why don’t we do it more often? The short answer is ego. While daydreaming IS productive, it doesn’t FEEL productive. That’s an important distinction when it comes to motivation. The brain gives far more weight to how you subjectively feel about something
How often do you sit down and allow your imagination to run wild? Using my imagination is one of my favorite parts of the creative process. When I write comedy, I spend very little time actually touching the keyboard. The vast majority of my time writing is spend playing around with ideas in my imagination.
The way you improve imagination is by influencing the direction/topic or by removing constraints. Imagination, itself, doesn’t need to be improved. You already have plenty of it. People that think they aren’t very imaginative tend to view imagination very narrowly. Imagination is a combination of combining mental imagery, emotions, and storytelling. Generally, we view imagination