This is an audio version of 500 Words - Issue 81 - Let's enter the Flow State. It is read by Lee Schneider.

Creative work starts with a flow state. A flow state is a state of focused attention that often leads to a sense of effortless peak performance. In a flow state, time melts away, and you can lose track of it, you push aside distractions, and self-doubt doesn't exist. 

Dropping “into the zone” like that can't be forced, but it can be cultivated. Here are a few ways I try to get there when I'm writing.