I really liked the turn you make here: from asking how to experience more flow to asking what kind of life gives those experiences somewhere to belong.
There’s something quietly radical in that. A peak state can easily become just another thing to optimize and chase. Your framing brings it back into relationship with the ordinary parts of a life — work, walking, photography, food, other people. Not less meaningful because they aren’t “absolute being,” but perhaps what gives those moments their meaning in the first place.
Thanks TDP, I've noticed that people have a hard time accepting that peak states can not be sustained, and that things like contentment are longer lasting. Intellectually I know that this is the path forward, but of course, like everyone, I cling to the hope of more peak, less valley.
I really liked the turn you make here: from asking how to experience more flow to asking what kind of life gives those experiences somewhere to belong.
There’s something quietly radical in that. A peak state can easily become just another thing to optimize and chase. Your framing brings it back into relationship with the ordinary parts of a life — work, walking, photography, food, other people. Not less meaningful because they aren’t “absolute being,” but perhaps what gives those moments their meaning in the first place.
Thanks TDP, I've noticed that people have a hard time accepting that peak states can not be sustained, and that things like contentment are longer lasting. Intellectually I know that this is the path forward, but of course, like everyone, I cling to the hope of more peak, less valley.