What to Do This Summer? Flow…
“Flow” is the mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity.”
Positive psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi points out in his book of the same title that often when you vacation or watch TV, it feels like you’re relaxing. But in reality those activities might not be as fulfilling as engaging in things that immerse you into the flow state.
With that in mind, hide your cell phone and clock and…
Get into the flow…
- Clean out your magazines and make a collage. Cut, paste, don’t think about it.
- Play an all night card game or go out dancing till the wee hours. Or both!
- Mow the lawn
- Try an activity that uses your hands - like hand building ceramics, kneading bread or pizza dough.
- Go on a long bike ride with a picnic at the end.
- Get really into your favorite sport, game, art, or musical activity without tracking time.
- Play with toys, building blocks, or some other thing that kids usually do.
- Cook something that takes a lot of stirring or time.
- Spend a day with friends in a garage sale, sitting around, having fun.
- Get into Letterboxing, the great worldwide hunt for boxes containing a book, not treasure.
- Do whatever makes you get into that happy state where time passes!
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June 28th, 2008 Posted in Happiness, Idea Lists
