Getting Our Lives into “The Zone”

The definition of  “the zone” or “flow”  are the same.

The results are heightened levels of happy brain chemicals.

They are an indication that Alpha and Beta waves are operating at peak levels instead of the over the levels of Beta that cause anxiety.

The list of “to do’s” I would set out are as follows:

We attack

• Our health and fitness
• Our spirituality
• Our core competencies
• Our distractions
• Our Passions
• Our communities
• Our contribution

In an activity there are three main requirements for flow.  It starts with engaging in a practiced skill with some high levels of expertise. It includes selecting a target objective that is a challenge but not overwhelmingly difficult. Thirdly, it requires blocking out distractions.

The result can be engaging in the activity unconcerned about judgment or time.

I find that I can drop into the zone in the mornings when I write and in my surf sessions. I start of slowly in each and as I get more engaged, I am only thinking about the task at hand. On a great surf day it is just catching a wave and paddling out to line up for the next one until I am too tired.

Setting up my life is more challenging. The toughest task is eliminating distractions and needless monkey chatter. I have found that a very pro active program enables me to have more good days.

I first have to eliminate as many distractions as possible which for me have been cell phones, TV, my sports addictions, and News addictions.

Most people’s number one distraction these days is financial. Living within our means has become more difficult. I have cut my costs and even have monthly savings. It gives me a feeling that I am making progress for the future regardless of the economy. It creates less stress.

Secondly, I am passionate about healthy eating and exercise. I continuously enjoy making my body healthier and more immune to sickness and disease. I feel confident that I resist illness and rarely lose days to “what’s going around.”  I am not reliant on the outcome of the “healthcare” because I self medicate.

I build my mind and skills. The few core competencies I have are at the focus of my attention. Each day I work to improve my knowledge and my skills. I am rarely sliding backwards, I am moving into new territories.

I feel Spiritual in a oneness with nature. I have arrived at an intellectual and emotional connection to the fact God is in me and all things and that we are far more connected than we realize. I continuously pursue this connectedness.

Attachment to our communities is important for our contribution. I feel we are here to self actualize and contribute to others. Neurologists say we get a double dopamine pop when we help others find their voice, their purpose, or their happiness.

We help ourselves first, then our families, friends, neighborhoods, cities, nations and the global community. I spent years acquiring my fantasy cars and it mainly left me with the desire for another one. Trying to help people find their voice, purpose, or happiness is endlessly rewarding.

In the years of providing for a family it is difficult to avoid finances, busyness, and materialism. We leave our personal development and higher purpose for last.

Finding flow is blending them together and finding value in contributing more than acquiring.  When we think first of how we can set ourselves up to give over what we can buy, we have made a big step.

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