Flow State For Its own Sake

April 28, 2024

Be honest y'all, do you want to be in flow state to get things done or for it's own sake?

Inspired by this quote in a Stackblitz blog post Flow state: Why fragmented thinking is worse than any interruption

Flow state, in its original meaning, had little to do with complex problem-solving. Csikszentmihalyi’s initial inspiration was painters who would, he said, “finish a work of art, and instead of enjoying it…put it against the wall and start a new painting.

Their drive wasn’t about the painting, he realized—it was about entering, maintaining, and enjoying what he’d eventually call a “flow state.” A flurry of studies followed in the 1980s and 1990s, bringing the concept closer and closer to public understanding.