What to do when flow fucks off?
Life, as of late, has been rather overwhelming. Flow has fucked off. (Sorry for the profanity, but my other favourite f-word comes out when I’m frustrated).

And that is what a good book or musical performance can do for me. When I’m relaxed, connected, and willing, the door opens wide and ideas wander in and make themselves at home.

Flow used to be known as peak performance before Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi coined the phrase flow state, and defined the characteristics of flow. In his book, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, he describes flow as “An optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and perform our best.” In its simplest form, that’s what it is, but that definition doesn’t do justice to the way the state can enhance and change our lives in profound ways.