Revealed: 50 Most Commons Daydreams

SAM | 10th November 2015

travel-the-worldThe average person in Manchester and Cheshire spends nearly six years of their life in a daydream, new research reveals.

A study into the ways in which people while away the hours with dreams big and small found respondents spent just over two hours per day lost in far-flung thoughts.

That equates to a shocking 799 hours per year and, when projected across the average 64 year adult lifespan, equates to more than five years and 11 months!?

The research, by Synseal, also documented our top 50 most common daydreams. Which daydream from the list can you relate to?

1. Winning the lottery
2. Getting to travel the world
3. Looking forward to better weather
4. Old childhood memories
5. Going on a particular holiday
6. Moving into a lovely big house
7. Travelling to a certain country
8. Having no debt
9. Get rich quick schemes
10. Making millions from some amazing idea
11. Being able to go back in time
12. Writing a book
13. Having your perfect body
14. Being able to speak different languages with ease
15. What you’re going to have for lunch / dinner
16. Having an unlimited budget for clothes/furniture/shoes/home improvements
17. Landing your dream job
18. Getting back in touch with an old friend
19. Being a clothing size smaller, or several clothing sizes smaller
20. Getting a massive pay rise
21. Getting revenge on a bully or someone who has wronged you
22. Owning a second home abroad
23. Being treated to a surprise weekend away
24. Family together at Christmas
25. Being mortgage free
26. Getting rid of your beer belly
27. Having your ideal hair
28. Being able to eat loads without getting fat
29. Being able to fly
30. Handing in your notice
31. Being your own boss / running your own business
32. Bumping into your ex
33. Going freelance/starting own business
34. Having a housekeeper / cleaner
35. Meeting your favourite celebrity
36. Your crush tells you they are besotted with you
37. Living ‘back to basics’ e.g. grow own veg, solar powered house etc.
38. Improving your home with an open-plan kitchen
39. Owning a sports car
40. How your house would look with different wall colours
41. Owning several properties in the UK
42. Telling your boss what you really think of them
43. Getting married
44. Getting your teeth straightened/cosmetic surgery
45. Being a virtuoso at a musical instrument
46. Getting a promotion
47. Turning up at home to find someone has ‘done it all up’ for you
48. Living in a mansion
49. Saving someone’s life with a heroic act
50. Having children