In the post on the dark side of flow states, I talk about the practice of Hedonic Calendaring that we can use to avoid burning out and the flow hangover that comes from pushing too hard in flow without recovery.
The Dark Side of Flow States
When I was competing in Strongman I’d experience what I called a flow hangover after a competition. The maintain a peak flow state and exert the demands physically through lifting extremely heavy weights is hard to fathom how taxing it is. Every ounce of you is depleted for a day or two afterwards. And that’s before the soreness even kicks in.
In this in-depth training, I’m going to show you how I think through a hedonic calendaring practice in action.
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