In a world obsessed with constant decision-making, the mind often drowns in noise. Every moment demands a choice, and every choice consumes energy. What most people don’t realize is that overthinking is the silent tax on progress. The solution is counterintuitive yet powerful: plan to think less. This isn’t laziness - it’s proactiveness. By anticipating the future and aligning steps ahead of time, you clear the mental runway for flow to take off when it matters most.
Think of rhythm, as the Kybalion teaches: all things move back and forth, swing in and out, rise and fall. Your mental state follows the same law. The more clutter you hold, the harder it is to swing into balance. But when you strip away unnecessary decisions by planning in advance, the pendulum meets less resistance. Flow state - the place where creation becomes effortless - emerges naturally.
The climax of this truth reveals itself in the smallest details. A trader who sets rules before entering the market avoids emotional chaos when the chart turns. An athlete who designs training routines beforehand saves willpower for performance, not planning. A student who outlines study sessions early on walks into focus without hesitation. In each case, the proactive step reduces the mental friction of the moment. And where there is less friction, there is more momentum. This is the law of least resistance at work: water does not argue with stone, it curves around it and continues.
If you want to live in flow, stop trying to improvise everything. Plan not as a cage, but as a liberation - removing tomorrow’s decisions so tomorrow’s energy can be spent fully in that cycle. Proactiveness is the seed, flow is the harvest. And when life swings back and forth, as rhythm ensures it always will, you’ll find yourself riding the wave with effortless ease instead of fighting it.
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