Going with the flow

Elements to help you reach a state of flow.

1. There are specific goals every step of the way.
2. There is immediate feedback to your actions.
3. There is a balance between challenges and skills.
4. Action and awareness are merged.
5. Distractions are excluded from consciousness.
6. There is no worry of failure.
7. Self-consciousness disappears.
8. The sense of time becomes distorted.
9. The activity becomes autotelic.

To allow this deep work to occur requires you to be vigilant about outside interruptions.