Achieving Flow

If you are stuck in your project and can’t progress, remember to introduce little changes into your process. Change small things about your routine.

Example.

I was stuck on one of the chapters because I’d published on the subject before and felt tired of it. No progress was happening but then mice were found in my office. The exterminator decided to extract them humanely (I don’t know the details) and the process lasted for weeks. In the meantime, I had to write in the lab instead of my office. I have found that writing in an unusual place gives me a huge boost, and this time was no exception. The difficult chapter was finished before all the mice were gone.

To achieve flow, disrupt routine.