A salmon lives in oceans or seas but returns to the place it was born in order to lay its eggs (ie, to spawn). That upstream river swim towards the spot where the salmon was born is so exhaustive that salmon "usually die after spawning" (source). I suppose this explains the human adage: go with the flow. Most of us adhere to that adage. At times, we don't like that...
While editing my July 1 blog, I discovered the flow model by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. It combines several of my topics: Boredom, Control, Doubt (worry), Fear (anxiety), and Flow. Arousal is covered by my blogs on Love and on lust. Relaxation is covered in my blogs on happiness & satisfaction, and confident humility. Until my July 1 blog, I had never written...
Often, time feels like a weight on our shoulders when we must get to our appointments "in time". The recent stay-at-home orders have learned us new experiences, like how to fill that vacuum of time. A subsequent new experience that we have learned is that each day is similar to the previous and the next day. Somehow, time has gotten lost upon us. Since mid 2013, I...
My recent blog on the Theory of Everything did not include my diagram below. My diagram is even more relevant for part 2 today. Since writing part 1, I have been wondering whether the arrows resulting from the meta ingredients Energy, Resources, Transformation and Change are representing a phenomenon in positive psychology called the Flow. Nautilus, 4...
The doctors are telling my girlfriend that the treatment of her tumor is doing very well as it's still shrinking rapidly and even beyond expectation. However, I only feel, hear and see that her pain is increasing, almost on a daily basis. I like to be in control but I cannot do much to help her. This results in feeling powerless, which also puts my...
In Wednesday's blog, I mentioned the "flow of life" in my final paragraph. The first time, I mentioned the word "flow" was in my 2015 blog: In pursuit of happiness. In a 2004 TED video, psychologist Martin Seligman mentions the "flow" within the field of positive psychology. I have also mentioned that creativity (my blog) and Change (my blog) feel like a "flow" to...
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