***We experience happiness (flow) during activities composed of: 1. CLEAR GOALS - challenge level and skill level are both high 2. CONCENTRATING - the opportunity to focus and delve deeply into the activity 3. LOSS OF FEELING OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS 4. DISTORTED SENSE OF TIME - subjective experience of time is altered successes and failures are apparent \430- 5. DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK - and behavior can be adjusted 'Neggir 6. BALANCE BETWEEN ABILITY LEVEL & CHALLENGE activity is neither too easy nor too difficult 7. SENSE OF PERSONAL CONTROL OVER THE SITUATION OR ACTIVITY 8. THE ACTIVITY IS INTRINSICALLY REWARDING t40 i iirV 9. LACK OF AWARENESS OF BODILY NEEDS - one can reach a point of hunger or fatigue without realizing it // /1 IINM narrowing the focus down into 1 0 ABSORBTION INTO THE ACTIVITY - the activity itself Factors accompanying an experience of flow identified by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi EFTA01174705