I’m reading a wonderful book, Drive, by Daniel Pink. It’s a book about what motivates us and I’ve been really energized by his revelations. He talks about the importance of flow in life . . . those optimal moments when we’re in a heightened sense of focus and joy. “In flow, people lived so deeply in the moment, and felt so utterly in control, that their sense of time, place, and even self melted away.” And he describes scientific evidence that as little as 48 hours without flow in our lives can lead to states of deep anxiety, loss of sleep, depression, headaches, and irritability. And, even more surprising, these findings show that we’re most likely to reach states of flow at work.“Small children automatically careen from one flow moment to another, animated by a sense of joy, equipped with a mindset of possibility. Left to their own devices, children seek out flow with the inevitability of a natural law. So should we all.”
Do you have enough flow in your life? I encourage you to take a week and record activities each day that you undertook not out of obligation or to achieve a particular objective, but just because you enjoyed them. It might be an enlightening exercise and possibly life changing.
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