Flow As A Way To Increase Life Satisfaction, Happiness And Self-regard
Here are some final comments before leaving the concept of flow, a key we can actively get more of in our daily life leading to more joy as well as increased self-esteem.
Positive psychology is a direction within psychology that focuses on how we can stimulate the presence and frequency of positive emotions, such as curiosity, excitement, pleasurable tranquillity, harmony, joy as well as nurture and develop the inner potentials and strengths that each of us have.
Martin Seligman is one of the forerunners in this field. He makes a distinction between pleasures and gratifications. Pleasures involves states that have clear sensory and emotional components. Gratification, here more in the direction of fulfilment, joy and delight, requires strengths and allows loosing self-consciousness.
Research supports that pleasurable experiences, such as eating good meals and relaxation activities such as massages, are strong components of happiness in addition to the “mindful challenge” states that is a key component of flow.
Seligman suggests that the part of happiness that can be voluntarily obtained needs the right balance between pleasure and flow such as the balance between eating and eating too much.
Since pleasurable activities reach a limit fast and feelings are transient – they come and go like the waves in the ocean, flow based activities can contribute to gratifications that are less volatile and last longer.
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