I might describe it more as "flow" where work gets done and you look at the time and 4 hours have passed.

In my mind, zen goes deeper than flow. Flow is just the vegetable brain part of it. With zen, it also feels like I'm doing my own mental state some good by just being myself at the same time.

At least that's how I draw the line between those two. I reserve the right to be completely wrong.

AskSN

the_stacker_muse

When is the last time you experienced zen working on a project?

k00b

> I might describe it more as "flow" where work gets done and you look at the time and 4 hours have passed.

In my mind, zen goes deeper than flow. Flow is just the vegetable brain part of it. With zen, it also feels like I'm doing my own mental state some good by just being myself at the same time.
At least that's how I draw the line between those two. I reserve the right to be completely wrong.