![]() ![]() My experience was just when I thought I had my children figured out they’d go and change. A flow state is an emotional experience so if you’re constantly feeling emotionally challenged on a daily basis, (sometimes hourly) then it goes without saying that getting into a flow state is not going to be easy. I’d vacillate back and forth between boredom and anxiety on a daily basis.Īs I recall my years as a mother I was in a perpetual state of feeling challenged, physically, mentally and emotionally. In my experience as a parent I didn’t find it easy at all to get into a flow state. Over the years as a work/stay-at-home parent I have thought about my life and my experience, or lack there of, of the flow state. This diagram gives you a visual depiction of what the flow state is which Csikszentmihalyi calls the “flow channel.” It’s all shown neat and tidy on the graph, but in real life these four words – challenge, skills, anxiety and boredom – are anything but neat and tidy. However, the author did include a diagram that I’ll never forget, which for me cuts to the chase of what the flow state is all about and the main thing you need to get from his research. It’s a good read if you like that kind of analytic material. I’d recommend the book only if you have the time for such an in depth analysis. The book goes into great, in the weeds detail about the flow state and it’s filled with lots of left brain data type material which, I admit, I’ve completely forgotten. Sounds like a wonderful experience to aspire to have, doesn’t it? I thought so too. Time flies and every action, movement and thought follows inevitably from the previous one. ![]() In the book, Csikszentmihalyi talks about how when we are in a flow state that our ego falls away. (Don’t try to pronounce his name – I gave up.) I’m a big sports fan and I equated the flow state with the concept of how athletes can get in “the zone.” I wanted to learn how to have that experience for myself more often. Years ago I got super intrigued with the concept of getting in the “flow state” after reading the best selling book “Flow” by Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi. ![]()
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