When you’re in a state of flow, you will totally forget a sense of time. Focus on the task at hand - by turning off all distractions. Don’t get distracted: When you’re taking photos in the streets, turn off your phone, don’t listen to music, and don’t think distracting thoughts.

You can also get feedback on your photos on social media. You can get feedback on your photos by asking others what they think about your photos. You can get feedback on your photos by the emotion or sensation you feel while you’re shooting. You can get immediate feedback on your photos by checking your LCD screen. Get feedback: To enter a state of flow, you can judge your progress in photography as the following.Don’t bore yourself: The secret to getting into a state of “flow” in your photography is to challenge yourself enough that you’re being pushed outside of your comfort zone, but not so much that you’re feeling anxious.Have a concrete goal in your photography: are you going to improve your composition, work on a photo project, or work on your website portfolio?.To get into a state of “flow” in photography, this can mean the following: **Screen out distraction and concentrate***: This means turning off all distractions (email, social media, internet, smartphone, mental distractions).

Can be measured by others, or internally. Clear information how we are doing: Getting feedback on your progress.Adjust opportunities to capabilities: Don’t do something that is too easy or too difficult for you.Have concrete and manageable goals: Have a practical goal you set out to do or accomplish.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says that having a state of “flow” in life as an “optimal experience.” Those who report the most creativity and happiness in life are the ones who are in the state of “flow” as often as possible.īut how do we get into a state of flow? Below are some strategies and tips to enter “the zone”: What are some practical lessons you can learn from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi? Below is what I’ve learned from him, and what you can learn from him too: 1. We feel like all possibilities are infinite - and that we’re never going to die. When we’re fully-engrossed into our creative work, we lose a sense of time, hunger, and ego. Being in a state of “flow” is when we’re the most creative, excited, and invulnerable. He says that “happiness” is nothing but achieving this state of “flow” - where we no longer feel anxiety, fear, or dread. His biggest idea is this concept of “flow” - or being in the zone. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (I could never pronounce or correctly type his last name) is one of the psychologists who has had the biggest impact on me.

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