[Ntuitive]

I realized that almost every time I look out of a window aimlessly I start to think about life. Do you do this too? What do you think about?

[kaleidoscope]

This is why I love long car rides. I just play my music, and let my mind wander. Ever since I've started driving, I miss these opportunities to introspect about life, the universe and everything..

I can think of anything really depending on my mood, on what's going on in my life, etc. It can go from the silliest things to an important decision/problem. When I was a little kid though, I used to imagine Aladdin jumping from car to car beside me - kinda like those games I used to play. I would totally lose when there wouldn't be much cars

[WanderingThoughts]

My view out the window tends to be mostly trees, sky, and street/backyard (depending on the side of the house I look out of). I'm pretty sure I forget 90% of the stuff I think about during those times, because I can't remember any of it right now. A view of the same street gets kind of dull after a while, so I guess my thoughts have lost their uniqueness as well?

Oh, but the view from the front passenger seat in a convertible at night...incredible. The wind is deflected enough by the windshield to keep it from interfering with your vision, and you can look up at the sky and see the countless stars in the sky. It's beautiful.

[unINFalliPle]

Haha. Yes. In class, I would always pick a seat by the window if there was one. Waiting for some of my classes to start was one of the most awkward experiences of my life. So I would just stare out the window and ended up thinking about life. Who knows what the others thought but who cares either? XD It was about events and people in my life. Or looking at nature.

I drive now, so I can't look out my car window without it slightly swerving. I need total focus. And it sucks sometimes because you can get nice views.

I'm actually by a window now, when I'm on my computer.

Maybe we can look at this with some big meaning. We like being free, not that sense of imprisonment. The opening of what is out there, that possibility, we like it. But, then again, I sound like I'm full of shit and trying to make things complicated or corny.

[Kyandigaru]

I play my Ipod and think about life. Looking out the window makes me think of taking a walk, or something with nature.

[Wanderlust94]

I'll think of anything really. Philosophy, nostalgia, etc. I'll just stare and listen to my music. Often I'll just end up enjoying the scenery and feeling an almost divine sensation if said scenery is particulary striking. I'm very glad to live in an area where we have rolling fields/farmland, forests, and coastal areas.

[thompidoo]

I used to sit by a window in many of my classes in school, particularly in high school, and it was a challenge not to drift on into a daydream, often driven by some ideological bent that had captured my imagination. I remember when I came to the realisation that all that any of the governments and politicians of the world really cared about was power and money and that, hellbent on greed, they would drive the entire planet into hell. I remember writing that it was the duty of each individual to live their own life, free, for their own self, and not to be deluded by the capitalist machine. All of this while looking out the classroom teacher, while my Science teacher was talking about gravity or something.

[Iseoxe]

Depending upon my mood, my mind turns off on its own, no matter what I'm looking at. Sometimes it's deliberate, but many times I'm just looking at something in a store - like a far-off sign - and zone out. My mind steps out for a while, and sometimes I'm conscious of it and don't break myself out because it's the one time I get any peace in a mind that never stops going. Other times I don't think about it at all and can go on for minutes at a time, until someone says "Alright, back to earth" and we continue on our errands.
I'm told this is because I'm a bit schizoid - not schizophrenic - but I don't much care. It's peaceful, and my mother got used to it long before I was born, because my grandmother was the same way. She just leaves me to my break from reality and then pulls me away when she feels like it's the right time.

[Lala]

I find I do this more whilst at work, sitting in front of a computer entering boring data. When I look out of a window, especially on a beautiful day, I just think about how nice it would be to be outside and away from the dullness that is office work. :D

[Lad]

Haha, reminds me of one class in University that was soo boring that I actually bought a plant from the grocer and planted it outside the window to "watch it grow" over the course of the semester.

I do drift off quite a bit when I'm near a window, but for the most part it's always hypothetical scenarios I'm putting together in my head.