Flow Hygiene: A Debrief

In a recent segment, Prepping for Crunch Time, we discussed ways to prepare for a period of intensive work, whether you’re an understudy called up to play the lead, a visual artist with an impending gallery show, or a writer on a deadline.

Now we have a case study on Pat’s most recent “crunch time,” a 72-hour writing competition that brings contestants to their knees every year.

Despite thorough and logical preparations at the logistics end, Pat found herself scrambling ineptly and producing sub-standard work. We discuss the lessons learned. The ultimate insight? If you need to be in a flow state to get your work done, you’d best do some “flow hygiene” as crunch time approaches.

Questions for Listeners:

* Do you have a “crunch time” coming up?

* What do you do to get into flow?

For Further Exploration:

Creative Hygiene:

How to enter the flow state in 2 minutes:

How to enter a flow state in 11 minutes:

Creative Flow:

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