Mindwandering: How Your Constant Mental Drift Can Improve Your Mood And Boost Your CreativityOne of the pre eminent cognitive neuroscientists of his generation explores the proven benefits of letting your mind wander and the positive impact it can have on your mood and creative potential (Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling On Happiness). Our brains are noisy; certain regions are always grinding away at involuntary activities like daydreaming, worrying about the future, and self chatter, taking up to forty seven percent of our waking time.