Please watch this video of Mihály Csíkszentmihályi - be patient and listen to this man. I judge, like the Matrix, this work is at the heart of thriving in these challenging times. See if it fits for you and try it on:
Csíkszentmihályi identifies the following as accompanying an experience of flow:
1. Clear goals (expectations and rules are discernible and goals are attainable and align appropriately with one's skill set and abilities).
2. Concentrating and focusing, a high degree of concentration on a limited field of attention (a person engaged in the activity will have the opportunity to focus and to delve deeply into it).
3. A loss of the feeling of self-consciousness, the merging of action and awareness.
4. Distorted sense of time, one's subjective experience of time is altered.
5. Direct and immediate feedback (successes and failures in the course of the activity are apparent, so that behavior can be adjusted as needed).
6. Balance between ability level and challenge (the activity is neither too easy nor too difficult).
7. A sense of personal control over the situation or activity.
8. The activity is intrinsically rewarding, so there is an effortlessness of action.
9. People become absorbed in their activity, and focus of awareness is narrowed down to the activity itself, action awareness merging.[2]
Not all are needed for flow to be experienced.
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I always boil flow down into the pursuit of activities that are slightly beyond your current edge...that could be a physical, mental or emotional edge.
ReplyDeletePush too far and you lose hope and give up, don't push enough and you lose interest.