Originally Posted by bitterproffit

Can't speak for anyone else, but I learned to do this back in the day before electronics. You are stuck in a middle seat, its hot, its uncomfortable, you don't have a book, the window shade is drawn, so what do you do?

I go to my happy place. The same place I go when I am at the dentist getting a root canal.

I daydream.

I do it now when I am flying on a long trip in J and nothing is interesting on the IFE. I just daydream.

Usually its about where I have been, or where I am going, or my last trip, or my encounters with people along the way.

Sometimes its mulling over a specific problem at work or with someone in my life. Or replaying something nice that happened.

Its very relaxing. And with ubiquitous electronic distractions, I think its becoming a rare activity. I try to make time for it when I travel.

Originally Posted by lhrsfo

I sat next to someone last month on a flight from LHR to LAX (11 hours) who simply stared into space the whole time - no book, no IFE, no earbuds, just wolfing the airline food and staring. It was very weird.

Originally Posted by nk15

Did you learn anything from the Zen master? Did you ask about the meaning of life? Or were you scared the whole time about what might happen next?