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I’ve often talked about my experience of “being in the flow” when talking about situations in which it seemed all the stars aligned in what I was doing. It is when I am so immersed in the task that I lose sense of time and awareness of anything outside the project and am totally at peace and in harmony with what I’m doing. I only recently stumbled upon the history behind the term, coined by Mihaly Csikszentmilahlyi--he described this just as I experienced it, as “the feeling of total engagement in the activity so that you don’t notice anything outside of what you’re doing; you forget time and you forget yourself”. Like this image, when I’m in the flow, my consciousness seems to move calmly forward, unhampered by outside factors.
Well, the “the flow” has much to do with Jonathan Fields’ Sparketypes I mentioned in an earlier blog post (July 22, 2022). When I completed his test (you can find it at sparketype.com) and identified my primary and shadow types, I agreed that they were associated most often with my state of “flow”. I’ve encouraged others to take the step of visiting his site to learn more about what this understanding could mean for you.
The issue with a blog, is that it is not built necessarily in a sequential manner. What I feel about writing one day may not build directly upon my last content. If/when I do convert my library of ideas to a completed book, that (hopefully) will not be the case. But today I want to ask you, my reader, to take the time to identify your sparketype. If you have already done this, take time to revisit what you learned about yourself. I’ll leave the reference to Fields’ website, where you can learn a LOT about yourself and this model--and consider purchasing his book.
