How long does it take to reach the state of flow?

Remember the feeling of the last flow state?

What is the flow state?

Mihaly csikszentmihalyi Lai, a positive psychologist, mentioned in his book "Flow: Best Experience Psychology" that flow is a state in which a person is completely immersed in certain activities and ignores the existence of other things.

This kind of experience itself brings great joy and makes people willing to pay a huge price.

So "flow state" actually refers to "ecstasy state". You are immersed in one thing, forget time, forget emotions, forget other things, and all your attention is devoted to this matter, which can bring a pleasant feeling.

If a person can enter the flow at will and is not limited by external conditions, he has mastered the key to forget troubles and embrace joy and happiness anytime and anywhere.

Love, freedom, aesthetics and flow are the most precious things in the world.

But with the increasing pressure and the tearing of everyone's time and attention by the information society, flow has become an increasingly scarce experience.

Is there any way to make it easier for us to enter the flow state?

Share some of the simplest and most useful methods with you.

First, reduce psychological presupposition and reserve preparation time.

Everyone is eager to enter the flow state at any time and place. To tell the truth, after a period of training, it can be achieved.

But for the vast majority of untrained ordinary people, if the initial psychological presupposition is wrong and they expect to read quickly as soon as they sit down, they will fall into the self-attack and anxiety of "Why can't I calm down?"

Flow state is easier to realize when it is calm and slow, and it is extremely normal to need more time at first.

So, you can give yourself 10- 15 minutes to prepare. During this time, it is very necessary to "waste" time by breaking up what needs to be done, clearing up distractions, drawing attention back, talking to myself, gently reminding myself and persuading myself to stop slowly.

Second, protect willpower and shield interference sources.

Many times, we all expect ourselves to have strong willpower and fight against our own nature through willpower, thus being very "self-disciplined".

But in fact, willpower is extremely scarce and difficult to regenerate for anyone. That's all for every day. If you use up a little, you'll get less.

Never pursue "self-discipline" under the resistance of willpower, but try to make yourself relaxed and barrier-free without self-discipline.

Therefore, in order to achieve traffic, we must first remove interference sources and obstruction sources.

First, it is the source of physical interference.

The most important thing to isolate is the mobile phone.

People who can hold a mobile phone in one hand and soar in a state of flow in the other are really rare.

For the vast majority of people, in order to keep some valuable mobile time in the complicated work and life, it is most necessary to finish what must be handled on the mobile phone first. In the next time, it is a good choice to physically stay away from the mobile phone, put it in the living room, lock it in a drawer or turn it off directly.

You don't have to bear too much psychological burden if you can't get your mobile phone for several hours. I believe that after a period of flow, the energy you supplement will make you make up for the time more efficiently.

The second is the elimination of psychological interference sources. This point is often overlooked by everyone.

You can recall that the last time you wanted to read a book or listen to a piece of music quietly, what kept you restless and restless, and you could never reach the flow?

In addition to mobile phones, there is a large part of it because of inner noise and inner worries.

You probably can't help thinking, my child, will he fall down without someone to take care of him? I haven't bought a plane ticket for tomorrow. I still have an email and an article to write.

These things will make you unable to concentrate on the present.

But in fact, only paying attention to the present, only paying attention to the present, only paying attention to the present role and identity is the key to realizing flow.

So, you might as well try to arrange some things that you are worried about, give the children to your father or aunt, write down the to-do list with paper and pen, release the pressure and attention on the paper, and go into battle easily.

Second, create a field, shape a sense of ceremony and a flowing environment.

The easiest way to achieve a goal is to put yourself in such a field. For example, the easiest way to lose weight and become beautiful is to surround yourself with slim and beautiful women. The easiest way to keep fit is to have a fitness corner at home or a gym downstairs.

Learning to do a good job in infrastructure for each of your goals and creating a field that is very suitable for doing will make many things get twice the result with half the effort.

For example, keep your home clean, bright and tidy. For example, a lazy sofa and a small coffee table can make a special flow angle.

For example, buy a lovely flower hand sanitizer, a favorite crystal aromatherapy, a cup that you can't put down, and a cup of fragrant teas.

Wash your hands carefully every time, turn on the aromatherapy, clean the table, run for a cup of tea, drink a cup of tea quietly and take a deep breath for a few minutes before you start.

I believe that these beautiful ceremonies will make you reach the state you want and the distance you want to walk unconsciously.

Third, through multi-sensory participation, deliberate practice.

Have you found that people who reach the flow state more and more often are more likely to reach the flow state?

Even in the end, you can achieve the flow state through a lot of training, and finally form muscle memory, so that you can have the super power of flow anytime and anywhere.

Then how can you practice deliberately and feel the flow many times? A very simple method is multi-sensory training. The more organs you participate in an activity, the easier it is for you to concentrate.

For example, if you want to write, you can try pinyin writing. Your brain is thinking, your mouth is telling, your ears are listening, and your eyes are still watching what it tells. This state is easy for people to flow.

If you train consciously, for example, one hour a day, for example, in a taxi or at the airport, you start such training. After a period of time, you will find yourself more and more accustomed to long-term concentration, and you can enter a state of concentration anytime and anywhere.

Including, want to exercise, hand and foot movements, while staring at the coach or teaching video, while listening to dynamic music, while breathing through the nose and mouth or shouting hands, but also multi-sensory participation, it is easy to achieve a sense of mobility.

And try to read the books you don't understand, and try to draw the unclear ideas in your mind by hand. The essence of these methods is to mobilize more senses to participate in one thing, which can make us enter the flow state more simply and quickly, and also make us become a habit and an instinct after a lot of training.

Fourth, write a list of creations and experiences.

The time we have is constant, but the density and texture behind each time are completely different.

Either take time to create or take time to experience, which is the best way I can think of to kill time and the easiest way to realize the flow state.

People often forget these things when they are tired and bored, and finally they can only pass the time with low quality by casually brushing their mobile phones or doing nothing.

Therefore, we might as well write some creative lists and experience lists in advance, so that even in a tired state, we can come up with something we can do instead of a low-quality rest.

For example, experience the list, go to the newly-opened online celebrity coffee shop, go to the small bookstore that Xiaohongshu saw, learn to make handmade coffee and jacquard, DIY a picture, and make a cake yourself ... ..

For example, create a list, write a film review, make a family photo album, hold an offline salon or a book club, and organize a new workflow.

These lists are stored in your notebook like needles in the sea. When you are tired and need a period of flow time to adjust, you can take them out and naturally choose what you want to do at the moment and tick them one by one. I believe this will be a wonderful experience.

I wish you a wonderful time.