Updated: Never — Philip's Blog

As most hyperactives are aware, flow mode is a very desirable mental state but often sadly difficult to achieve and mysteriously unpredictable. Even more frustrating is when you find yourself hyperfocusing on completely unnecessary things.

It is amazing what elegant and lucid code can be written in a couple of hours when the mind is completely absorbed by the task at hand though. I think it amply compensates for some of the more annoying aspects of hyperactivity.

The last two weeks, I've been able to get into flow mode fairly consistently relatively late in the evening and have had to force myself to go home to get some sleep. It would be nice if I could train my mind to hyperfocus in the morning or afternoon instead.

Flow mode late at night implies zombie mode early in the morning. I don't like zombie mode. A brain that feels like mush is extremely uncomfortable to try to bend around code written in flow mode. sigh

So, dear hyperactive lazyweb: have any of you found a way to make flow mode more predictable or at least somewhat schedulable?

Note that medication does not help with flow mode. It helps me focus more normally by cutting out mental "jitter" but a medicated mind is not the same as a flow mode mind.