#mind-wandering

#mind-wandering

"[My train of thought] let its line down into the stream. It swayed, minute after minute, hither and thither among the reflections and the weeds letting the water lift it and sink it until-you know the little tug-the sudden conglomeration of an idea at the end of one's line."

Mind-wandering can be both avoidance and self-reflection, illustrating its dual nature in human psychology, revealing how it can be either beneficial or counterproductive.