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When you lack any absorbing activity or flow state

I see my neighbor working in their garden every morning looking completely absorbed and I realize I have no activity that makes me lose track of time.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The absence of natural absorption reveals a life structured entirely around external demands rather than intrinsic engagement.

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