The Henchman of Humor. The Wisperer of Daydreams. The Tickler against Repetitiveness. The steely Antidote against any common forms of Mental Narrowness – Ladies & Gentlemen, may I proudly introduce to you: the inside of my work locker’s door!
It’s home for many different things that I’ve gathered in the past 15 years. Maybe the most prominently featured item there is that vintage photo of the Mexican port of Zihuatanejo. Probably my dearest, certainly the most constant reminder for me about how important daydreams generally are for me. I’d even go as far and say that these are even “life-saving” because no matter how many working days I might have had in a row, now matter for how much work-overtime I’ve collected in my backpack – it’s these subtle, little artefacts that successfully induce my mind regularily with uplifting thoughts, questions and certainly daydreams at least twice a (working) day. Questions like “Where would I actually love to be right now if I wouldn’t need to work today?” or “Which far away friend would I enjoy visiting most anytime in the future?”. And even if it’s only for a fraction of seconds that these precious projections whiz through my humble mind it’s often more than enough to get blasted out of the ordinary rhythm of work and life in a truly triumphant way…