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The quiet art of attention

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865 points billwear | 1 comments | 13 Oct 24 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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mzajc ◴[13 Oct 24 16:43 UTC] No.41829454[source]▶
Well written! I can relate to most of the article. However, I find that

> To focus on one thing deeply, to give it your full attention, is to experience it fully. And when we do this, something remarkable happens. Time, which so often feels like it is slipping through our fingers, begins to slow.

doesn't really apply to me, or to many people I know and have worked with - it is when I focus on one task that "time flies", and it's distractions that end up throwing men out of the zone.

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Arch-TK ◴[13 Oct 24 22:14 UTC] No.41832162[source]▶
It is my experience that "flow" is not the same as "mindfulness" or "attention".
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1. moobsen ◴[14 Oct 24 06:46 UTC] No.41834864[source]▶
I think it is helpful to differentiate between mindfulness and concentration.*

I would associate flow more with concentration. And if there is no mindfulness together with the concentration, time will just "fly by". At least for me.

*As it is done in Buddhism, where both are separate spokes of the dharma wheel.