(Trying to reconstruct my mental state 5 days ago.)
I guess my point was that I also enjoy the feeling of flow, and a few decades ago I used to have it at work a lot, which was why I loved my work… but the industry has changed in a way that makes it less and less possible. First, I compensated for that by experiencing the flow in my free time, at home; now with kids even that is often not an option, or at least not frequently enough that I would need for my sanity.
The greatest distractions in my work are the everyday meetings (I find it fascinating how the companies can advertise themselves as “following SCRUM” which specifically says no meeting except for the daily standup which is not supposed to take more than 5 minutes, and then put lots of meetings on top of that) and being randomly interrupted by managers. But this is probably culture-dependent, so your experience can be different.
(Trying to reconstruct my mental state 5 days ago.)
I guess my point was that I also enjoy the feeling of flow, and a few decades ago I used to have it at work a lot, which was why I loved my work… but the industry has changed in a way that makes it less and less possible. First, I compensated for that by experiencing the flow in my free time, at home; now with kids even that is often not an option, or at least not frequently enough that I would need for my sanity.
The greatest distractions in my work are the everyday meetings (I find it fascinating how the companies can advertise themselves as “following SCRUM” which specifically says no meeting except for the daily standup which is not supposed to take more than 5 minutes, and then put lots of meetings on top of that) and being randomly interrupted by managers. But this is probably culture-dependent, so your experience can be different.