Happy People

Thought this was quite interesting!  Twelve things happy people do.  Some are things I am working on, some are part of how I live and a few I need to implement in my life right now.  I am going to work on number 8... increasing flow experiences.
Never heard of this quite this way and what I see that jumps out at me is that "when you're focused on what you are doing you become one with the task."  I'm not sure about a state of being where I feel like time is standing still, but I can embrace trying to increase flow experiences and working to not allow things to distract me or compete with my focus.
In researching "flow", I found that it was a term was coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in the 60's when he was studying the creative process.  He found that the key to being in the flow is the balance between skills and challenges.  The benefits of being in the flow include (1)  being involved in life rather than alienated from it.  Being present.  (2)  enjoy activities rather than finding them dreary (3)  having a sense of control rather than helplessness and (4)  to feel a strong sense of self
So, how do we experience this flow experience?  (1)  control attention (focus)  (2)  adopt new values (be open to new and different ideas (3)  learn what flows for you and keep doing that (4)  transform routine tasks (do the task but change how you are doing it-- play music, keep a list, take pictures, change it up!)
It's all pretty interesting.  I recognize now times I have been in the flow and I love those times.  I want more of it and want to be in that flow, or zone more often during each day.  \