Often times through the passage of time or through lack of attention we are unable to return to a place even though we know generally where it is.  Such is the case with Flow.  Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person in an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity. (Csíkszentmihályi)  Flow is the way Michael Jordan played basketball, Michelangelo painted, Edison invented and Patton led.  My Dad, as an FAA flight traffic controller, would speak of days when he would sense the tap on his shoulder of his relief and realize he had neither stood up nor eaten lunch in his eight hour shift.  He was in Flow.  You could name your own examples and, chances are, you’ve been there.  I encourage you to think of that time when you lost track of time, what were you doing, what was the situation, the task, the motivation, the feeling, the environment?  Start to build the framework of your Flow experience, build a trail, leave bread crumbs so you can return.  Write it in your journal, share it with friends, tattoo it on your forearm, write it on your mirror.   Set goals and make decisions about the future regarding your Flow experience and how you can conform your current job or future job to the characteristics of your Flow experience.  If you're there tell us about it, if not, try to find your way back.  When you get there I think it will feel a lot like home.