AP – Thanks for commenting! I think once you have tapped into flow a few times you learn how to drop into that state more often…and I think you have learned this after reading what you said in your comment.

But I recently was doing some work for a friend, editing his book – and I realised that, for the first time in years, I had completely and utterly lost track of time, 3 hours in fact, without wanting to do anything different. So by editing – cutting out words which didn’t add value to the story, and concentrating on understanding the storyline, plus using a skill, explaining/teaching the friend about the edits I’d made, and helping someone out – provided a huge amount of enjoyment. I’d found flow!

And since then, I seem to be able to get into the flow all the time once more – riding a bike (as you say) with the wind in my hair, chopping ingredients up and cooking meals for friends, and concentrating on what I’m doing in the present. It’s like the switch has been flicked!

Thanks for more suggestions as to how – I need to be able to find this flow in work now, but I’ve not got the direction or focus that I feel that I need. So I’m working on that, and will take your advice on board and put it into practice this week.

So when do we get to see some of that artistic flair flow onto this blog?

Best of life, Robin
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Dayne

For me, The Happy Self has a real sense of flow about it – a great vibe!

Flow is very important to my GTD strategies and tactics. I do many things to get into the flow state – it is the state of highest productivity and creativity.

For example, I pastel paint landscapes. There’s a point in the painting process, where I’m maybe painting a distant horizon, when I almost become one with the horizon.

This will sound whacky, but I assure you, I remain pharmaceutical-free. It’s as if I have been tele-ported to the horizon – am at one with the colours, the sound of the sea, the light etc. It’s so intense and wonderful that I have to do painting everyday.

In fact, behind me as we speak (well, write) I have a large desk with hundreds of colored pastels and another mountain landscape on the go.

It’s about surrender. It’s about letting go. It’s about fully committing. It’s about opening up to a much bigger picture. Yes, flow is good – very good.

I encourage all of the flow-sters reading your post to find and embrace flow in whatever they do.

Best, and off to paint – Robin
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Kaizan – Yes, I agree with you. Keeping clear goals and responses is very important. When this is set, it makes “flow”…flow more easily in most cases. Thanks for commenting!

BeTrulyHappy – Thanks for visiting and commenting here! I know what you mean, when you get into flow, focus is almost unbreakable.

Again, great post!
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Excellent post!
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