Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on staying in flow:

It is this dynamic feature that explains why flow activities lead to growth and discovery. One cannot enjoy doing the same thing at the same level for long. We grow either bored or frustrated; and then the desire to enjoy ourselves again pushes us to stretch our skills, or to discover new opportunities for using them.

And Austin Kleon’s representation of Csikszentmihalyi’s diagram:

austinkleon.com/2021/10…