If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
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Ok, it's 3 am* and I'm only awake because I got real thirsty, but-
Look at the characteristics of 'Flow', this mental state that is this cool thing people talk about as being a desired state, and one of the things you want in your life and in your job:
The activity is intrinsically rewarding.
There are clear goals that, while challenging, are still attainable.
There is a complete focus on the activity itself.
People experience feelings of personal control over the situation and the outcome.
People have feelings of serenity and a loss of self-consciousness.
There is immediate feedback.
People know that the task is doable and there is a balance between skill level and the challenge presented.
People experience a lack of awareness of their physical needs.
There is strong concentration and focused attention.
People experience timelessness, or a distorted sense of time, that involves feeling so focused on the present that you lose track of time passing.
Now, consider a definition of hyperfocus, something I regularly experience as an ADHDer:
Hyperfocus is characterized by an intense state of concentration/focus.
When engaged in hyperfocus, unrelated external stimuli do not appear to be consciously perceived; sometimes reported as a diminished perception of the environment. {including for me and a lot of other people, the stimuli of needing to pee, needing to drink, needing, to eat, needing to move....}
To engage in hyperfocus, the task has to be fun or interesting.
During a hyperfocus state, task performance improves.
Do these not resemble each other? A lot??? Like, a lot, a lot? Now granted, I find it a lot easier to hyperfocus than that first list above would suggest, since I do it accidentally.
Like, neurotypical advice for neurotypical people is to find a job that allows you to experience flow, and to actively seek out this experience. And then they turn around and are grumpy at us???? For not hearing them when we're engrossed in a task?
Rude.
*it was 3 am when I stated, but then the internet went out
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Superfan's Short Movie Reviews: "The Marvels"
For my money, this is perhaps the second-best Marvel movie of the year. The interactions between the characters were fun, with Iman Vellani's Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel being an absolute scene stealer. Plus, the action and humor were on point. Not to mention a few pleasantly surprising cameos here and there. All in all, I had a good time.
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This two story mural of Ken Kesey, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, is located in his hometown of Springfield, Oregon. It was designed by Craig Ferroggiaro of Portland and painted by Old City Artists of Los Angeles.
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Hard work is honorable, but hard thinking will take you a lot further in life. -- Michael Lipsey Okay, I see now that I lettered "farther" instead of "further." Did I say I was capable of mindfulness?
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If the 1970s Fiddler on the Roof came out today, you would all be thirstposting about Topol. And you would be right to do so.
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i took all my old notebooks to the bulk shredder this week. i had to rip the covers off before they would take them. i meant to take a picture of them being shredded but i was too caught up in the moment
i have been moving the oldest of them from house to house around the country for almost forty years. i got the idea, the idea to destroy them, stuck in my head sometime last year, and i just couldn't shake it
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