Your whole being is involved, and you’re using your skills to the utmost.” Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. “…being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the positive psychologist credited with having popularized the concept of Flow, offered another definition for the mental state of being ‘in Flow’ in his interview with Wired magazine: I am less aware of myself and my problems.” I am totally involved in what I am doing. Perhaps the Flow state, colloquially termed being ‘in the zone’, is best described by one of the participants interviewed in the earliest stages of ‘Flow research’ (Csikszentmihalyi and Csikszentmihalyi, 1988: 195): Psychological Flow captures the positive mental state of being completely absorbed, focused, and involved in your activities at a certain point in time, as well as deriving enjoyment from being engaged in that activity.
We’ll look at the different ways of how Flow can be measured, as well as some activities and ways to trigger your own Flow state.īefore you read on, we thought you might like to download our three Positive Psychology Exercises for free.
Here you’ll find some information on the background of the Flow concept, its significant role in positivity, and its implications both for individuals and groups. If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, it’s likely that you’ve been experiencing a state of Flow.įlow is one of life’s highly enjoyable states of being, wrapping us entirely in the present, and helping us be more creative, productive, and happy. Maybe you’ve been doing something you love, like playing music or a certain sport, before realizing that time has totally passed you by? Oblivious to the outside world, focused only on your own progress and what’s going on right here and now? Have you ever been completely and utterly immersed in a task?
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