# Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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**Category:** Psychology & Sexuality\
**Tags:** book\
**Created:** [August 16, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/flow-the-psychology-of-optimal-experience-by-mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/1012 "2026-08-16T05:20:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/user_avatar/briarfray.org/johnnymcivor/32/6_2.png) [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/flow-the-psychology-of-optimal-experience-by-mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/1012/1 "2026-08-16T05:20:04Z")

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> **[Flow](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Flow/QVjPsd1UukEC?hl=en)**
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> “Csikszentmihalyi arrives at an insight that many of us can intuitively grasp, despite our insistent (and culturally supported) denial of this truth. That is, it is not what happens to us that determines our happiness, but the manner in which we make...

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**Author:** ![johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/user_avatar/briarfray.org/johnnymcivor/32/6_2.png) [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/flow-the-psychology-of-optimal-experience-by-mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/1012/2 "2026-08-16T05:20:18Z")

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This book has some interesting ideas.

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**Author:** ![Eliot](https://briarfray.org/user_avatar/briarfray.org/eliot/32/837_2.png) [@Eliot](https://briarfray.org/u/Eliot)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 7:44am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/flow-the-psychology-of-optimal-experience-by-mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/1012/3 "2026-08-16T07:44:51Z")

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I remember reading it and I thought it was a nothingburger.

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**Author:** ![johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/user_avatar/briarfray.org/johnnymcivor/32/6_2.png) [@johnnymcivor](https://briarfray.org/u/johnnymcivor)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/flow-the-psychology-of-optimal-experience-by-mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/1012/4 "2026-08-17T00:30:20Z")

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I thought it was at first too, but there are some interesting ideas about the self and differentiation

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**Author:** ![Eliot](https://briarfray.org/user_avatar/briarfray.org/eliot/32/837_2.png) [@Eliot](https://briarfray.org/u/Eliot)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://briarfray.org/t/flow-the-psychology-of-optimal-experience-by-mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/1012/5 "2026-08-17T00:35:04Z")

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Fair enough. I skimmed it tbh so I probably missed out on some gems.