Are you happy?
I came across a a term called ‘Flow’ and it caught my interest. Everyone wants to be happy. There are different kinds of happiness. One kind of happiness comes from pleasure.You buy all the things you want, have all the wine you want, go out and party, vacation on the beach….but after that your happiness ends. Then you have happiness that you strive for when you keep doing what you love day in and out. That kind of happiness happens when you are doing your dream job or have a dream role.
‘Flow’,a term proposed by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,is a high state of mental involvement in what you are doing. Flow is a measure of your happiness, since the more involved, focused and successful you are in a particular field the happier you are.
So if you are a writer and love it, time takes on a different dimension for you and work is no longer drudgery. If you are a singer, music will give you the high that means happiness.If you are a concept freak you will love this:FLOW: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF OPTIMAL EXPERIENCE
Check out Deepfun.com for an interesting take on how to incorporate fun into your life.
Think about it. Are you happy? I’ll give you a simple exercise. What makes you happy and what doesn’t? Write it down and you will see how clear things become.

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