Comment by dilyevsky
3 years ago
The “flow state” is much more than just a train of thought that can be easily recovered if you have decent memory. Your mood - not so much. In case of meetings it’s probably not that critical but could be more expensive for unsolicited interruptions during say coding/design sessions
That’s a tough one because some people seem to have trouble finding flow state to begin with. I tend to have a fairly easy time but have picked up that few people are as cavalier about it as I am.
That may also be why I was able to walk away and experiment with not doing it. Writers, for instance, seem to be notoriously bad at finding flow state. And if I told one to abandon it mid-stream I’d probably get hurt.