Timelessness

Last night I experienced the state of timelessness. Mihali Csikszentmihalyi calls it the state of "flow." It is a wonderful state of being.

With some painting supplies, a cup of coffee and '80s Tamil film songs (from YouTube), I started to work on the bedroom window frames. To get to the windows, I had to move the bed and the side tables, and therefore had to unplug the bedroom clock and set it aside. There was no sense of time other than the fact that it was nearing sundown and people were walking their dogs after dinner time. My wife, Prema, took the kids out and I was home alone. The initial preparation and set-up involved just some light labor, and I found the work to be very soothing. Later the kids came back home, had dinner and went to bed, but I was there in the master bedroom busy painting the frames in bleach white. When the work was done, I did not bother to plug the clock back on. I slept in the next Sunday morning and woke up only when the glare of the sun was too much for the eyes. (I had removed the window blinds).

I plan to paint the master bedroom next weekend, and expect to repeat this experience. The color we have picked out for the bedroom is a touch darker than olive green called Simply Stunning!