2026-04-11

+shitty flow
Paul Bloom

flow

on shitty flow

In shitty flow, time feels like it’s melting away, but upon reflection, it’s melting away from the direction that you want to live. “During these experiences, you may feel relief or calm and undergo some hallmarks of flow, such as losing a sense of time and perhaps even losing a sense of yourself,” Stulberg wrote in the new book *The Way of Excellence.

| Derek Thompson, How ‘Zombie Flow’ Took Over Culture