# Flow (flow state)

> A state of absorbed attention often associated with clear goals, immediate feedback and a workable challenge.

## What it means

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s concept ; the conditions often described (clear goals, immediate feedback, a balance of challenge and skill); flow and hyperfocus distinguished neutrally with no clinical claims; what you can control (interruptions, the size of the next step).

## A practical example

A developer has one clear bug, immediate test feedback and an uninterrupted block whose difficulty matches their skill.

## Put it into practice

- Name the concrete situation before applying the label. Flow (flow state) is useful only when it changes a choice, boundary or next action.
- Make the state visible: write the owner, time, source or stopping condition down instead of relying on memory.
- Review what happened. Keep the part that reduced ambiguity and change the part that added ceremony without helping the work.

## How it relates to Plexii

focus sessions on a desk and the five-minute start (/help/home-widget-focus-timer), the Timer widget (/help/widget-timer); keep the claim modest.