Morning Buzz for Tuesday 1/29/08 - “Sleepworking”
Check out this article from Associated Press business writer Erin Conroy:***SLEEPWORKING: Some might consider it their worst nightmare: Completing work-related tasks in their dreams, a phenomenon that’s been dubbed “sleepworking.”
But others are making the most of the hours they are clocking in their sleep. In a recent survey, more than half of the respondents said work becomes a focus of their dreams, and nearly 70 percent of those people said they solve a problem or have a revelation about their jobs while they are sleeping.
“It’s not necessarily a bad thing to dream about our jobs,” said Robert Stickgold, an associate professor or psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “Your brain is calculating what it needs to be paying attention to, and dreams become effective for problem solving. But if work is all you’re dreaming about then it’s obsessional, which is a problem.”
The Staples National Small Business Survey, conducted through an Internet poll of more than 300 people, also found that 72 percent of respondents make business calls while driving and nearly 40 percent say they get their best ideas behind the wheel.***
I tend to dream about work once in a while, but most of the time I don’t remember the specifics of my dreams. I probably should write them down. But, when I wake up in the middle of the night, I just want to go back to sleep!
What about you? Have you had work dream that helped you solve a real-life problem at work?
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on 01/29 at 03:53 AM
This does happen to me alot..
Especially if the job involves alot of blueprints or alot of driving..
It’s like I have already built something 10 times in my sleep the night before I actually build it..
..I welcome this happening..I guess it helps complete the task when you have put all of those hours of trouble-shooting into it the night before..
I dream about other stuff too..but I aint falling for this…the temptation is there..but I’ll pass..I’m just gonna sit here and behave..