Engagement
Note
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Definition
- To engage deeply in a constructive activity
- To be in a state of flow
- To be absorbed in the present moment
Components
Flow can be described as having 6 primary components:
- Intense and focused concentration on the present moment
- Merging of action and awareness
- A loss of reflective self-consciousness
- A sense of personal control or agency over the situation or activity
- A distortion of temporal experience in which one's subjective experience of time is altered
- Experience of the activity as intrinsically rewarding, also referred to as autotelic experience
Effects
Regular engagement and flow has notable effects on one's brain in relation to flourishing.
(This section is incomplete and requires an Effects table for a full breakdown of the effects of this fundamental of flourishing. If you'd like to help out, please volunteer.)
Measuring
Subjective measures include the following self-assessment questions:
- Overall, I regularly enter a state of flow and engagement in life.
- I can easily enter a state of flow.
- I can easily stay engaged.
- I have interesting and challenging activities that often absorb my attention.
- I can easily lose myself when deeply engaged in the moment.
- I am often losing my sense of time and self-awareness while doing something I enjoy.
- I am often able to focus all my attention and concentration in the present moment and activity.
- I often feel a sense of control and agency when deeply immersed in an activity.
Tracking
Try to measure your engagement weekly or at least monthly.
// Use the Fostering Flourishing tool (not made yet)
Ideals
Ideally every human should
- Regularly be deeply engaged
- Regularly enter a state of flow
- Develop one's ability to become engaged, immersed, and absorbed by an enjoyable activity
- Understand personal potential for engagement and flow
- Track engagement and flow weekly and/or monthly
- Set weekly and/or monthly goals based on personal potential
Resources
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