I have some skills/hobbies like music and boxing, and these things give me joy/flow. What are the skills that give you joy/flow? (flow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology))
by smk_ on 1/18/22, 2:52 PM
I love this question. First and foremost, meditation. It definitely helps me be more present. Another skill that gives me joy is reading. I can concentratedly read for 2 hours, but after 2 hours I need to take a break. I can't think of any other activity that I can concentrate so long on. Ideally, I would become a scholar but I'm going into software engineering for now:)
by drakonka on 1/18/22, 3:31 PM
Reading, writing, coding (usually debugging, once I have a consistent and smooth repro process), lifting.
by dokem on 1/18/22, 4:05 PM
I've been painting some walls in my house recently. After getting over the short learning curve of making a mess everywhere I find it pretty therapeutic and meditative.
by starwind on 1/18/22, 7:04 PM
Listening to music. Flying an airplane. Doing a hard workout. Building a Lego set. Fixing something with my hands. Cooking (trying not to cut off any more finger tips).
by amerkhalid on 1/18/22, 3:59 PM
Coding, video games, listening to music, painting.
And long time ago when I used to run, running.
by floppy-disk on 1/18/22, 4:14 PM
Refactoring legacy code.
by tekichan on 1/18/22, 4:20 PM
Coding, solving math problems on paper (equations and stuff)
by billconan on 1/18/22, 3:58 PM
drawing.
Thank you for sharing the wiki link, I learned something. I like drawing, it let me forget about other things for hours. I use it as a therapy for anxiety.
by AnimalMuppet on 1/18/22, 5:28 PM
Ultimate frisbee is a "flow" kind of game.
by ambivalents on 1/18/22, 3:04 PM
Bouldering, meditating, ping pong
by mikewarot on 1/18/22, 5:05 PM
Machining, making gears.
by dominotw on 1/18/22, 4:21 PM
coding, skiing.
by navyad on 1/19/22, 6:20 AM
running