[ok_dad]

You seem to want to make this particular state of mind achievable only by the Gods or something, but being in a flow state isn’t hard, and you’ll know it immediately by the way it feels.

Edit: I might be overstating the ease of getting into flow for neurotypical folks, having just googled it I’ve found a few references to studies showing those with ASD get into a similar state of flow very easily.

[namaria]

no need to put words in my argument... I'm merely saying, if flow state is just 'paying attention' than maybe it's not a special category... and if it's something that takes effort and yields better results than just doing things normally, then it's probably not something you do when 'frying eggs'.

[dartos]

It isn’t just paying attention. It’s a Goldilocks zone of difficulty of task and feasibility of it.

The researcher responsible for the term and idea wrote a book saying as much. https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-...

It’s great that making eggs is easy enough for you that it isn’t engaging, but that isn’t the case for everyone (I need to try to fry eggs over easy. I’m not a good cook) You can also trick your mind into entering this state with a wide variety of tasks.

[namaria]

Look fair enough, I did some research and the whole flow state idea lost a lot of cachet for me because I now realize it's just a piece of pop psychology while I had previously thought it had something to do with high performance athletics.

[dartos]

Two things can be true, but you do you.