Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

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   We are happiest not when fully relaxed, but when an activity challenges us exactly the right amount — not too easy, not too hard.

   Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience · 1990

   Happiness arises when challenge and skill match perfectly

   Csikszentmihalyi called flow that state where you forget time because you are fully absorbed in something, like a game, a drawing, or a sport. If the activity is too easy, you get bored; too hard, you get frustrated. Flow happens right where your skill matches the task's difficulty.

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