EFTA01174705.pdf

***We experience happiness (flow) during activities composed of: 1. CLEAR GOALS - challenge level and skill level are both high 2. CONCENTRATING - the opportunity to focus and delve deeply into the activity 3. LOSS OF FEELING OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS 4. DISTORTED SENSE OF TIME - subjective experience of time is altered successes and failures are apparent \430 - 5. DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK - and behavior can be adjusted activity is neither too 'Neggir 6. BALANCE BETWEEN ABILITY LEVEL & CHALLENGE easy nor too difficult 7. SENSE OF PERSONAL CONTROL OVER THE SITUATION OR ACTIVITY 8. THE ACTIVITY IS INTRINSICALLY REWARDING ti 40 one can reach a point of hunger iirV 9. LACK OF AWARENESS OF BODILY NEEDS - or fatigue without realizing it narrowing the focus down 1 0 ABSORBTION INTO THE ACTIVITY - into the activity itself // /1 IINM Factors accompanying an experience of flow identified by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi EFTA01174705