85. The pleasure of flow

The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund · Nov 4, 2022 · 11m

I've been curious about why I went from a 100% commitment to this podcast to a 50-70% commitment. It's so easy to slip inot complacency and excuse-making which leads to sporadic and inconsistent action.

I noticed I was falling into all-or-nothing thinking and I don't want those to be the only 2 options I give myself.

In this episode I talk about the concept of Flow coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. He states that happiness is achieved when we can challenge ourselves appropriately. If something is too easy, we get bored and complacent. When it's too hard, we feel stressed. The key is finding…