“Creativity is something of a mysterious force these days: everyone wants more of it, but few know how to get it,” Chris Griffiths and Caragh Medlicott, authors of The Creative Thinking Handbook, tell Stylist. “Well, luckily for you, daydreaming is one surefire way to grind those innovative cogs into action.

“A study from the University of Calgary conducted by Julia Kam linked daydreaming to an increase in alpha waves in the brain’s frontal cortex – a trait associated with higher creativity.

“Crucially, this study was conducted on participants performing mundane tasks and found that this creative flair only applied in instances where participants were daydreaming in a “freely moving” way, meaning worrying and mulling over the past doesn’t count.

“Instead, let your mind run free with vivid and wide-ranging daydreams in order to feel your creative energy grow in abundance.”

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