Thank you for filling out the Flow Profile Quiz to discover how you can bring more flow into your life. Understanding your Flow Profile is an important first step. With the information below you’ll gain more clarity on what flow is, how you can bring more of it into your life, and what pitfalls to avoid as you move deeper into a flow practice.
The profile that follows is just the beginning when it comes to understanding flow and the processes that can make it more readily available to you. To really understand your Flow Profile, we encourage you to explore the videos and content on the Flow Genome Project website, in addition to the series of emails we’ll be sending over the coming weeks. These will all help you find the perfect mix of information, process, and practice to live a life of flow.
You: Out of all the possible Flow Profiles, yours is the most freely flowing! We don’t mean that you necessarily have readier access to the Flow State than anyone else. Your life, your attitude, your activities, and even your appearance all reinforce the fact that being in Flow is central to who you are as a person. You’ve done your fair share of soul-searching to arrive here. You may have taken the road less traveled. You might have abandoned what you perceived to be a fruitless and neverending struggle for wealth and recognition in favor of a personal journey you designed for yourself.
Where folks with other profiles tend to find Flow at special times and under specific conditions, you seek a life that is never not in flow. You might believe in serendipity, synchronicity, and that everything happens for a reason.
Flow Hacks: You’re drawn to activities such as yoga, meditation, and ecstatic dance. You might pursue eco-tourism, or embark on personal growth retreats.
Caution: In your effort to minimize struggle, conflict, and stress in your life, it’s possible to overshoot and to also minimize progress. It’s grit that makes a pearl, after all.
The paradox of flow is that “effortless effort” takes a lot of work! Always keep in mind that the line between “going with the flow” — only doing things when they’re effortless and easy, always taking the path of least resistance — and only doing easy things is razor thin. Be vigilant against any behaviors that keep life in soft focus, especially self-medication.
Pro-Tip: Train your off-side. Make your bed every morning. Be impeccable with your commitments. Be punctual. Create systems for accomplishing tasks and managing finances and stick to them. You’ve worked hard to create a lifestyle around Flow, and, counterintuitively, you’ll find even more Flow in your life by facing the more difficult parts of your life head on. Practice having important conversations. Get comfortable with conflict resolution. Closing the open loops in your life will allow for (even more) bliss.
