Flow State Worksheet Overview
A flow state is the feeling of being so absorbed in an activity that you lose track of time. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi named and studied flow, and he found it tends to happen when a task stretches your skills without overwhelming them.
This worksheet helps you recognize what flow feels like and remember times you have felt it. It also helps you adjust activities that feel too easy or too hard and plan a session set up for flow.
In this worksheet, we’ll:
- Explain what flow feels like and when it tends to happen
- Help you remember your own flow moments
- Give you space to find the sweet spot between too easy and too hard
- Walk you through setting up an activity for flow
- Provide space to reflect on how absorbed you felt
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Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1975). Beyond Boredom and Anxiety. Jossey-Bass.
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Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Harper & Row.
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Nakamura, J., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2002). The concept of flow. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 89-105). Oxford University Press.
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