Finally, whenever you find yourself ruminating (doing negatively toned overthinking), disrupt it by doing a few minutes of an absorbing activity (such as a puzzle).
But as he continued, the work he had mastered with little effort or forethought became a far more absorbing activity.
"There are times when people are especially drawn to it, because sewing is an absorbing activity and it reduces heart rates".
"Frost/Nixon" offers considerable insight into the Nixon mystery, without solving it; the movie is fully absorbing and even, when Nixon falls into a drunken, resentful rage, exciting, but I can't escape the feeling that it carries about it an aura of momentousness that isn't warranted by the events.
Lose yourself in some absorbing activity, such as gardening, dancing, music, or whatever your vocation; this ability can offer you a sense of complete fulfillment.
At its best, the making of things is an all-absorbing activity.
The wind-driven rain is quantified using the same equipment, but the surface of the stone is covered by a fully non-absorbing material.
Earlier this month, President Obama announced a proposal to fully map the activity of the human brain.
This one proves to be absorbing but not transporting, a collection of interesting moments rather than a fully integrated dramatic experience.
A fully proportional system.
Psychologist Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi calls immersing oneself fully into an activity the secret to happiness.
