Certainly she was losing consciousness of the outer things. And as she lost consciousness of outer things, her mind kept throwing things up from its depths, scenes and names, sayings, memories and ideas, life a fountain spurting over that glaring, hideously difficult white space.
Wandering Mind Is a Sign of Unhappiness - John Tierney
Our minds wander about half the time, and it doesn’t make us happy. Happiness is linked to flow, where we are intently wrapped up in what is going on.