tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post1806670797371937008..comments2024-03-25T02:21:43.523-04:00Comments on 30Squares: Mental Flow: An invisible benefit of model building?J D Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07907821767203109311noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-48688273594385491882019-10-04T06:18:33.564-04:002019-10-04T06:18:33.564-04:00Csíkszentmihályi’s book is fascinating. I don'...Csíkszentmihályi’s book is fascinating. I don't know if it has any traction in psychology, but I seem to remember it had many interesting cases. I think I got rid of my copy years ago in a move, but I should look around the basement to see if it's stashed in a box somewhere.J D Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907821767203109311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-68203447200304854252019-10-04T06:14:56.683-04:002019-10-04T06:14:56.683-04:00I'm watching Jack Burgress' videos on yout...I'm watching Jack Burgress' videos on youtube. They're amazing. His approach to the 'hobby' is more like how a professional engineer would approach a problem. Given the long term approach he's taken, it appears his work building the YV is his calling. Anyway, this is speculation on my part; those videos are an interesting side to this discussion.J D Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907821767203109311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-48508039787268518452019-10-03T23:41:35.697-04:002019-10-03T23:41:35.697-04:00Your ** caused me to do a quick synonym search for...Your ** caused me to do a quick synonym search for hobby. Pleasurable pastime is nice, but I like avocation or diversion. For me the term vocation means, as it is most closely translated, calling, but also it is work. My calling is my life's work. An avocation is not a calling, but echoes that idea - the time spent building models is something important but not in the serious, responsible way I would approach work. It is not work, but no less important - avocation. Diversion is also apt as I find when I do reach that flow state in the course of operating the trains or bending grab irons, or painting figures, etc. I'm not thinking about current events that tend to depress or anger me.Galen Gallimorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272822237546731134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064796956302169303.post-44042857353418206482019-10-03T17:29:25.944-04:002019-10-03T17:29:25.944-04:00Again, I know very little about model building, bu...Again, I know very little about model building, but I can easily imagine that it lends itself to the experience of flow. Csíkszentmihályi’s book is a lot of fun, especially, if I’m remembering it right, for its real-life examples of people and their interests. Getting lost in something you like doing and are good at — nothing better.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.com