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Flow as a Goal
I just finished watching Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s video on TED about flow. What an interesting concept to break down our life activities and be able to categorize what will help us get into that flow state. This in turn helps us reach our ultimate happiness in a structured manner. I found it there was a sharp difference from reading for enjoyment and reading for learning. Leisure reading may require some high skills of understanding and vocabulary but low challenges VS reading to learn, you start from the bottom of no skills and challenge yourself to build skills. I previously had the problem of reading through masses of RSS to gain some insight into my interests but failed on applying what I’ve read to any activities in my life. I’m currently retuning my approach to living a continuously learning and creative lifestyle.
Check out the video:
Here is the flow chart that he presented in the video:
and how it applies to work and life:
