Attention Tunnels
Flow
In plain words
Your attention goes deep into one thing. The rest of the world fades out. It feels good, and it helps you think. Coming back out again is hard.
Entering flow states — or attention tunnels — is a necessary coping strategy for many of us. Flow states are the pinnacle of intrinsic motivation.
Fergus Murray — in their own words
What changes this
Time that is not interrupted, and a warning before it ends. A tunnel is cheap to stay in and expensive to re-enter, so the thing an environment can give is a long uninterrupted stretch and notice before the end of it.
Where it is on the map
Area 1 of twenty, printed on the map as Attention Tunnels. It borders: