Are these statements true or false?

According to the author,...

a) work and leisure should not resemble each other.

b) the most enjoyable moments of our life are spent relaxing in the fruits of our labour.

c) people are happiest when most absorbed in their activities.

d) a life filled with high-challenge and high-skill activities is more worth living than one spent consuming passive entertainment.

e) the content of our experiences over a lifetime determines the quality of our life.

Complete the paragraph using the words from the box.

fascinated, absorbed, research,need,enjoyment,wake up, stop, experienced

Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and ___ in the process of the activity. In essence, flow is characterized by complete absorption in what one does.

Mihály Csíkszentmihályi and his fellow researchers began researching flow after Csikszentmihalyi became ___by artists who would essentially get lost in their work. Artists, especially painters, got so immersed in their work that they would disregard their ___ for food, water and even sleep. Thus, the origin of ___ on the theory of flow came about when Csíkszentmihályi tried to understand this phenomenon ___by these artists.

Historical sources hint that Michelangelo may have painted the ceiling of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel while in a flow state. It is reported that he painted for days at a time, and he was so ___ in his work that he did not even ___ for food or sleep until he reached the point of passing out. After this, he would ___ refreshed and, upon starting to paint again, re-enter a state of complete absorption.

Read the article and do the task after it.

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