***We experience happiness (flow) during activities composed of:

***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 it40 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