The Idle Mind: Bed of Delusions

"The idle mind is the devil's workshop", so they say. But it is also home to a loners delusions. A lovers fantasy. A yearners imagination.

A whole lot that has less to do with a a supposed red-headed creature with a horn and tail, welding a hammer or chainsaw, working on a wooden table of some sort.

No, I refuse to give him any credit.

Then again, the mind is never really idle, come to think of it. Because the aforementioned are very busy activities, although not-so-productive ones.

These days I've been pondering on all the things I would not have indulged in if I didn't have an "idle mind".
Things like;

Fantasising about a Disney love story with an avoidant man I've been talking to for less than a year

OR WORSE,

Amplifying every conversation in my head to draw the conclusion that we were atleast friends.
Apparently, we are not. Not to him.

Regardless, I want to believe I am not the only victim of this unfortunate condition and yes, this is misery seeking company.

I bet you reading this has also been caught up in your head creating an alternate universe were you were not broke and unemployed, opening one rejection email after the other OR.....

Wishing that one day you would bump into your Asian lover and have a love like you see in the movies even when in reality you have no valid means of identification, not to talk of an international passport.

But no shades, let's just judge me like the hypocrite you are.

Ultimately, nothing good really comes from being idle. You waste your time, fall in love (with Fools ofcourse) and give yourself anxiety. On the other hand, it's quite an escape from reality and source of happiness for some people, like you and I.

But on the contrary, someone (I've forgotten) once said, "A man who only thinks, has nothing in his head but thoughts". I think that translates to, "if all you do is think about stuff, you'd only have thoughts about those stuff", you get it?

If you don't. I don't too.

Oh well, I'm off to do some productive things with my life so I wouldn't have to be idle. A moving woman would meet her luck one day... I guess.

P.S: If you’ve enjoyed reading this, let me know in the comments. Would help me stay productive 😊