Row-row-row With The Flow.
Every day is an opportunity to live in integrity and flow. Flow is the optimal state of human consciousness. Everyone knows this. When your talent flows through your decisions and actions, and everything, except what you are doing right now, fades into the background, that is the optimal human experience. It’s similar to what falling in love feels like. “I’m completely focused on this person, and they’re completely focused on me. In this moment, there’s nothing in the world but us.” That’s flow. “Right now, in this moment, there is nothing but what I am doing.” Of course that’s not literally true, but it is experientially true, and we are wired to crave that experience. Why not live a life that gives you access to that experience every day? Why would you do anything else?
People who report more frequent experiences in flow report greater wellbeing, and of course they do. Flow is the gateway to wellbeing, and integrity is the gateway to flow, so I am going to structure my days around integrity and flow so I can live a life of meaning and fulfillment that contributes to human flourishing. The most effective strategy I know for doing that is the relentless quest for the optimal expression of my talent by following my conscience, no matter the obstacle and no matter the cost. That is the definition of integrity, and living with integrity means devoting my time and attention to my non-negotiable priorities by removing distractions from my daily life. The most effective strategy for living with integrity and flow is to make decisions about how I devote my time and attention in advance so that I won’t be distracted by my pissy, little mood swings.
If you know a more effective strategy for living a life of integrity and flow, and meaning and fulfillment, that contributes to human flourishing, please let me know, and explain it in as much detail, and with as much simplicity as you can. If you want to prioritize that type of wellbeing then let's build a community around it. If you want to prioritize something other than that type of wellbeing, please leave me out of it.
Do you want to be someone who goes through life without a strategy for living? Which strategy do you want to follow? What is the life that you want to aim for? If you were only allowed to devote your time and attention to one quest, what is the quest you would happily devote all of your time and attention to?