Flow State
Comments discuss the psychological concept of 'flow state' or 'being in the zone,' involving deep focus, distorted time perception, and immersion in tasks like programming, with frequent references to Wikipedia and personal experiences.
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Sounds like Flow State to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
Discovering your "flow" might help https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
I would call it a state of flow. Make your environment full screen to hide time .
Sure. Being in flow is being "in the zone": being completely focused on the task at hand, forgetting about the world around you. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
To me, what you describe is just flow state [0].[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
Isn't surfing the web or Googling, flow ? you can be totally focused on it that you forget everything else , and times passes really quickly.
"Boring tasks shatter flow state even in the absence of external distractions"?
When was the last time you were working on something and lost track of time? This an indicator that you were in a flow state. Dont go for something you love doing - not everyone has that. Find something you can focus on, and that you can zone out while doing. This is honestly all most people can hope for.
This is pretty much related to the concept of flow [1]. Simply put, we are most satisfied (in the long term) when in flow, which could be characterized as the blurring of awareness and action, the feeling of control, a distortion of time perception, and some other stuff outlined in the link.Simply its a more formal definition of 'the zone'. Yeah, the same zone as in sports, music, or coding sessions. Basically, the idea is that almost any activity can be experienced in the flow, and the furth
It helps me get into the "flow state" where I can work on just one thing and dive deep into it without thinking of all the other things I have to do or want to do.