“I have a theory that the amount of satisfaction you’ll derive from an activity is directly proportional to how engaged in it you are.”

They call it “Flow”, and it’s repeatedly been shown that it’s highly correlated with life/job satisfaction, along with service.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)

I love the title by the way, I was shocked thinking that you are actually ‘getting engaged’.

The contents of your article speak the truth and yes, it is this kind of approach in writing that makes you beyond engaging in your story telling.

Keep up this awesome writing mojo! :D

Really loving the daily posting! Keep it up!!

Interesting point about the value of time spent in hedonistic pursuits versus invested in creative endeavors. Of course, people need both in their lives. Any thoughts on striking a balance between the two?

The times I feel most engaged are on big programming projects, which is really geeky but true. Actually, it varies…sometimes I’m in a perfect state where tons of progress is being made and everything is working perfectly, and sometimes I can’t get the simplest thing to work right. But that’s life. Once I’m in that state though it’s very worthwhile not to break it…eliminating interruptions really helps with this.

Thanks!
Brian