When everything clicks…
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
It’s the moments that hours feel like minutes, when you miss a date because you were so immersed in an activity that everything around you seems inconsequential. That is Flow. In a fantastic book stemming from years of research and study, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi provides a convincing framework for identifying, and achieving moments of this optimal experience. In evaluating how we structure of our lives, our daily activities, our upbringing, Csikszentmihalyi suggests that by keeping your mind attuned to the idea of Flow, this state of pure experiential happiness is obtainable as a end, not just an abstract.
We live in what I believe is one of the scariest, and most amazing times to ever be alive. We’ve time, money, health, and resources to navigate our world in ways that have never been possible before. Yet so many people see discontent with their daily existence, and yet frustratingly fail to ever do anything about it. I really enjoyed how this text explores the questions of what is happiness? What is optimal? Its something I think about a lot as I attempt to confront all of today’s paradoxes and weave together a reality that will let me sit in my rocker on my centennial birthday and look back on life with a shit-eating grin my face, just giggling at how delightful it has all been. Fantastic stuff.
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