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Funny enough so many people dont realize this but when youre watching a movie or show and you notice that the movie didnt feel that long or you plowed thru multiple seasons in one day, you were in a flow state. You didnt realize how much time was going by and you were simply enjoying the moment.

I'm glad this state has been given a name. I've been drawing since I was 5 years old, I'm 23 now and I still draw to this day. It's one of the very few hobbies that I still have from my childhood and I admit that I've gotten pretty good at it and its the only time I enter this flow state. It's like whatever I'm trying to imagine becomes incredibly vivid in my mind's eye and my hand just knows how to translate it onto the page. I encourage everyone to try to reach that level of proficiency in something, where they've done it so often and enjoy it so much that they go into auto-pilot mode, it's a euphoric feeling.

For me when I enter my flow state it's very much like being alone in a forest at night, you're in the present moment. The seeking of perfection of what you're doing, with huge confidence, is what's driving you through it. Once you've done it, you're exhausted and you feel great and accomplished.

I think "runners high" is a good example of flow. You eventually get to a point where you no longer are thinking about the distance you've traveled or still have. You're just in a state of calm and focus.

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For me, flow happens when myself is forgotten. I'm not doing it, it's doing me!

I always called this “The Zone” just pure hyper-fixation causing you to perform at your best I’ve experienced this the most while drawing, reading (sometimes) and on very rare occasions while gaming. Its commonly used in sports by athletes but I’ve only ever experienced this in dodgeball and a handful of times during football but it’s only brief then never again for a while it’s strange but I’m glad your talking about it and bringing awareness to this trait

Flow is the difference between living and existing. Find something you're interested in and can be passionate about. Started painting, drawing and sculpture in my early teens (now 54) and it was an epiphany - hours would pass like minutes and for the first time in my life I found myself fully engaged and present.

I've only hit the flow state once through meditation, once through running and once through reading. It just works. Everything just fits together perfectly for you. It's the only way I can explain it.

I vividly recall my high school baseball tryout, a moment etched in my memory. As I recount it, I assure you, I wasn't exaggerating when I say I performed flawlessly. There was a particular moment when the coach hit a ball to me so poorly that he preemptively apologized, deeming it uncatchable. Yet, I pursued it with unwavering determination, scooping it up as if by magic. I can still picture the astonishment on my fellow students' faces, with whispers of 'He's definitely making the team' circulating among them. It was one of those rare instances when I entered a state of flow, an experience that remains as fresh in my mind as if it happened yesterday. Today, I yearn to recapture that effortless brilliance, especially in my business ventures, as everything now feels forced and fraught with struggle.

One of my favorite videos...✍Being a student and studying something I love, I've experienced flow state many times. But these days it's getting hard to even do simple studying, and I've been feeling it's time to pull my sleeves up and eliminate distractions

Flow is like an extreme form of openmindedness. Your mind/consciousness is so abnormally open that reality itself becomes less material and more fluid - similar to being on mushrooms. This kind of openness correlates with high creativity because a lot more novel ideas are floating into your field of consciousness. But your mind is so open that these ideas literally start to morph your material world. A coffee table could start talking to you and giving you novel ideas. The trade-off is that your mind is less buttoned-up, so it literally starts to feel like you're going insane.

Flow is passion on steroids I bursts into tears when everything said in this video made perfect sense You loose track of time and reality You get so focused that you start seeing patterns in your work, surely meditation helps a lot, this state feels like God , you feel that no challenge is un-achievable, you do not feel hungry or fatigue.

I recently found out about your channel. Your content is amazing. It really resonates with how I think in general. Many concept I haven't been able to put into words, but you just seem to do so very well. Thank you and please keep uploading. ❤️

you cause me think of reality in different way every time i watch your videos, its changed my mentality.

Great video! For me getting into a flow state is a matter of following certain steps or processes. I've tried various techniques that other videos have shown and they didn't work. So what I did was keep a daily journal and wrote in it a few times a day. I detail my feelings, thoughts, things I was doing, drinking, eating etc, and how it made me feel. I was also summarize and give myself advice on what to do to get back to that mind frame. After a couple of weeks I started noticing the patterns that produced the best results. Simply taking 10 minutes in the morning and rereading my summaries and notes to myself helped my brain get into that flow state. I drink a full glass of water, do some deep breathing and meditation, re read my notes and write more thoughts and get at it. The other thing that helped is to create a list of things TO DO the night before. That way when I entered my flow state there is no question on what to do next.... It always doesn't work out the way I want it to, but there are other factors like how much you sleep, recovery time from workouts, etc that can also have an effect on this. This alll comes to the fact that we have to start looking and really watching what we personally do. We're always outside of our minds and bodies, always wondering about this and that, this problem and that problem. If we become more aware of ourselves and our own feelings, emotions, mental states, entering a flow state isn't that hard... Just my 2 cents... Peace to all of you and much respect.

Regarding 6:15 Rob Dial Jr said in one of his latest podcast episodes that in order to start writing whatever it is that he needs, he’ll just type the most basic things, like “today is march 9th of 2023, my name is Rui and I’m 21. Today I’m gonna do x and z…” That way, he’s already started writing, maybe journaled a little bit, and he’s absolutely ready to continue Just thought I’d share this, I find it very useful. Great video as always McEwen!

I usually get into that state when Im gaming but only after i take certain steps. Usually i wake up, shower, wash my face with cold water, have some coffee, make some tea, drink some water, and i definitely need to start my day with as little human interaction as possible. Human interaction pulls me out of it. Also was good help for college when i had papers to write and turn in lol.

sports is where I found this in myself, always my best moments like home runs or when I pitched a no hitter even scored crazy goals in soccer and all those moments I felt like I blacked out, like I didnt remember what just happened but my body did everything perfectly. I never understood it till now.

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I’m basically always in the flow state when drawing, and I’m in it sometimes when writing or reading, cuz I’ll be doing one of those things, look at the clock after what feels like 10 minutes and see that an hour has passed, and it’s really cool

I love the flow state, I’ve mastered it to the point where I can use it in nearly every situation. I primarily use it with yard work, coding, programming, drawing, and driving

I get in flow whenever I am understanding something that I always knew but didnt knew about it.

I feel it the most when playing basketball and shooting. I believe I was gifted the ability to shoot and with consistent hard work and training you sometimes it can come so natural and free flowing where every shot feels like it’s going in. I don’t always get those moments but I know when it’s there it’s really euphoric

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I’m glad I get flow state with work but I NEVER got it when studying in school and college, because there was no end goal with studying. You just have to keep staring at the book and try to jam the information into your brain.

I remember not so long ago I was playing a racing game called ridge racer and all of a sudden that one song from the game made me focus on a level I never did in my life, I was racing in a map that had many step and narrow corners and I passed through them like ease which I have never done before.

I remember going to the flow in a fight I was losing badly and was going to accept my fate until I went into a state of flow and absolutely dominated so I'm looking how to do this at will this also happend onthe bus so basically i was on the bus in 6th grade these 7th graders started throwing stuff at me i thought it was a joke so i just slapped it off till they started hitting me with paper so my body just acted on its own and i was diving over seats and then a tripped one of them witch made them all fall then i litteraly drop kicked one of them when they tried to smack me lol then i snapped back into reality cause i noticed my body wasnt just doing it anymore so i just stopped there and hopped back to my seat lol ive ALWAYS been a fan of dbs ui or "the zone/the flow state" so i think that was it. so im practicing this

very smooth change into a ad read i will applaud that

So meditative. Thanks a lot.

This was a very interesting video. I love videos like this. Thank you

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Music is my flow. I also think I feel the same reading a really good book.

This is the one topic I have personally taken interest in myself and looked it up after experiencing something really weird while playing fps games! I remember my vision going blurry while playing while still performing so well as if my eyes are able to get even more data into my brain. I remember snapping out of the state every time I get aware of what's going on. Really interesting!

the timing of this video is such a coincidence cuz I recently found out about flow from this sports manga and had an epiphany. I've been painting since I was a kid and without fail every time i'd completely forget about time and my mind would be just completely empty for hours. its such a calming and peaceful phenomenon i couldn't explain till now. i thought I was the only one who experienced it. its nice to know that its an actual thing. and I love your voice btw, keep making these awesome video!

This is such a unexplainable feeling but I felt it when I was practicing Muay Thai smoking cannabis before just gets u locked in & I feel it when I’m playing basketball high I’m just zoned in my own world or playing the game

I first read about "Flow" in blue Lock,. But now I see the big picture lmao

Damn. You flowed so well into that ad that I actually watched half of it

'Flow ' ... It's elusive but I will find it @aperture this video is evidence of your flow your topics your way of presenting it your way of content creation is unique and it's what makes this channel a KZfaq Star. I think I have some rituals and habits which I have been doing for the past 6 months that need my attention to basically rework them. That way perhaps i will get consistency in life. With consistency I will free my mind to eventually find what I believe will be my flow.

Nice the video got re-uploaded,I just got out of work and I'm currently enjoying this great video once more. So I'll rewrite my original comment xD I first discovered flow state while playing football with my classmates and let it be known I was not a good player what so ever with no first touch, no passing prowess, poor shot power/accuracy, only speed. That kid trained so much he refined the sport into his body, everytime he steps into the pitch everything else becomes irrelevant, it's only me and the ball. Everything else becomes an extension of myself from my teammates attempting to reach victory, to the opponents trying to break my legs. I only wish it was as easy to apply flow state to the overwhelming everyday life as it is when playing football ⚽. Great video😃👍🏽.

Watching this in class for maximum efficiency

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First time I remember entering flow state is in a 1v4 clutch round in Search and Destroy in Call of duty, shit moved in slo mo and my reaction time was so cracked, but my heart react also got externally high. I always thought it was a epinephrine release (adrenaline) that allowed me to be so cold under pressure.

i reached this 20 years ago working at McDonald's. being the only 3rd shift fry cook, and just going into a trance-like state making burgers at break neck speed. i could make/dress a burger in less than 5 seconds.

I found out also that you have to really be familiar with the task you're doing, your bodily motor functions are taking over the movements and your mind goes into almost a meditative state. Like a vignette around an image the center of the task becomes very so clear in contrast of the edges

11:00 its not so much a myth, its just really hard in this world like everything is set up to always pull you back, ive put myself in this state for majority of the last 10 years because im blessed with being in a situation where i can do it without being interrupted by anyone than myself. its definitely possible with practice to go in and out on command tho!

Can you do a video on the ick, a girl I've been dating missed me yesterday and over night decided she doesn't love me like she though she did. The ick she said. Would be an interesting topic seeing how someone can switch up so fast.

*"As long as you have the power of friendship, you can always enter the Flow State."* - Inuyasha, the last Airbender.

You've mastered the skill of smooth Ad transitions 😂😂

Thank you. Sincerely 👍✌

Did he read Blue Lock I love it it's also explain the flow state if he made this video based on that i will be amazed

I’ve had this happen time to time but it normally last 5-10 minutes and then everything goes back to normal.

I feel like bjj and martial arts trigger it well. It’s hard to focus on the outside world while some one is trying to punch you or choke you… I have been training for years and it’s like a high for me… very cool stuff

i find microdosing psilocybin effective in inducing a flow like state manually. I also somehow trained my brain to react to cold brew in the same way but thats a case study for another day

Almost any competitive activity puts me in this state.

Yes Sir. Amen 🙏🙏💯👍👌. Going into the mental zone!! Note. I'm surprised you know about The Echo chamber stuff 😊👋💯

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Damn did not notice that was even an ad , well played ..

that was one of the smoothest sponsor intro's I've ever seen

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I flowed with the video but the ad killed it.

I can enter the flow state easy i just learned it from bing it said it takes 15 minutes to 10 and i was like ok i can do that and i did infact i use the flow state 5 times a day, and my performance in gaming was increased by tenfold i didnt jitter. I just go out of the flow state to talk to people and stuff yeah i love being in flow i have been way more happy since i learned it.

Someone said Deja Vu and I think that's a really good idea. Maybe a deep talk on jumping timelines.

When i watch your video it seems that i am not on earth rather a different world🌍🌍

How much equivalence is there between flow and mindfulness, such as zen? Is it not merely the act and state of being "in the moment", that is, living the present moment with all one's senses, so that tasks, even mundane tasks (like washing dishes) become life at this moment? This moment, and not worrying at all about the past or the future. And then that flows into the next moment, and the next, and so on.

I think flow is the same as the zen. You are here, now, this moment. Nothing else matters.

To enter the flow state, release the resistance of your thoughts and embody more into the moment, become the vortex of energy yourself

Very wise video and info. I get it. Thanks ❤️🙏💯🙌🙌

I am new to this channel. Still deciding if I am going to subscribe since I have enough already. But why would he encourage folding dirty laundry @12:04? I sometimes fold semi-dirty clothes when I change at the local municipal pool, but normally I fold only clean clothes.

my flow state is when i'm running where everything around me are quiet my speed and acceleration are boosted

“Intelligence is the ability to change.” -Albert Einstein.

I’ve been in a flow state for about 8 times. I can’t tap into this anymore.. can someone help me. I feel so powerful in this state hoping I can have access on this on my will.

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I was wondering where did this video go

i called flow as being "in the zone"

I only have a handful amount of times I remember entering the flo state. One was this evening at a park where I played a pick up basketball game. 3v2. I just couldn't miss and I played defense like Tony Allen or MJ. I was with one other taller dude who seemed skilled so I was his partner with us 2. The other team had a really good ass streetball handler. And that was the first time I'd seen him stripped. And it was by me. I had the worst cardio but I kept going through it until we won. The other was when I went skiing that was so nice. Edit: I'd played basketball for like 5 years and never entered it until that night.

I am in a flow state watching this

Love this video excellent work but who folds dirty laundry 🤔 😅

I recommend reading the beauty of discomfort by Amanda Lang. It is full of examples of how seemingly successful people are those that deal with discomfort extremely well. They tend to lean into it and seek it out, but know when and how to mindfully reframe its meaning when necessary.

Could you upload the references u used for this video?

Lol I flow state reading as well as working on my ships on Starmade or working on minecraft 🤣 Of course I also lose time lol

2:07 That's a super rough transition to a sponsor

Okay, who isn't a MJ FAN? I see MJ being used over and over again as a marker for the Flow State. Something that I believe was a factor with MJ Flow State was the enormous amount of support around MJ. I would think that the company of people focused on supporting you positively would charge this Flow State. Just like one can get into Flow State by negative impact but the struggle to enter into Flow State may take longer due to lack of support. We are connected so I would think support of some kind is a must. Just a thought.

I’m a professional life liver. I wanna be in a state of flow all the time.

I remember I was doing a boxing match, It was tough and I was going to get hit but I started thinking of songs i listened to prior to the fight and right before I got hit with this punch I remembered the song and felt time slow down and It was weird, my vision got blurry but i knew exactly what to do, The punch was fast but seemed slow to me and I countered so easily. When I stopped imagining this song it my "Flow state" stopped but every time that same combination happened and i recognized it, my body went back into the "Flow state" remembering that same song which helped me to counter him in different ways, I later won the fight but can anyone help me figure out how i achieved this state?

Flow is like an autopilot, you just become a passenger in ur own body and enjoy the ride.

Autonomous ultra instinct!!!

2nd time this video has been uploaded today

Flow is when you have ADHD(or autism) BUT you do the ADHD(or autism) thing with hyperfocus on a specific thing thats the best way to get into the flow state ADHD is the best and the worse at same time to be in the flow state

Caught it

Why the re upload?

If I can suggest a topic it would be Hyper Urbanization vs 15 min City the way forward for humanity.

Wait a second, i have a problem, well not really a problem, more of a question: in the past i feel like ive been able to reach flow state even before i knew what it was in basically anything, you give me a task, an objective and maybe a couple hours and I'll probably have entered and exited the flow state a couple of times, sometimes consciously, knowing what to do or think to "flip a switch" inside of me, now, is this some kind of adhd bullshit i should be looking into or am i just predesposed to flow? Im actually worried cause i dont need any other mental conditions lmfao

[00:1:01:05 - 00:1:02:00] hours [: minutes [: seconds [. microseconds]] Man, with the double bass, man at a drum set, music director.

this man is single handedley responsible for my comeback

I call it "the mode".

I don't feel emotion when I enter flow state. I have found I can only do it only when I drive a car to its absolute limit. I lose all perception of distractions, but no emotion at all.