It occurs to me from time to time that certain people in life don’t get stressed about stuff. And then that leads me to thought experiments. Daydreamers - they have the ability at will to float off on the sea of their imagination to virgin shores limited only by their own mind. Daydreamers don’t get stressed about life, daydreamers can halt life in its tracks and simply fly away.

All of us, we know what we need and we know it differs from what we want. But if we stay locked in that internal struggle, it will wear us down. What we need is space to ruminate. To digest what life throws at us. What we want is distraction, be it from telly, games, books, bars, phones, internets.

Too many people are mentally ill because they don’t allow themselves the space to actually deal with what life throws at them. To you, I say learn to daydream. Let your thoughts carry you far away and when you return you will be refreshed and better able to deal with life.

Make this a regular occurrence and you’ll soon feel better.