Pluck the Day?

Martin Vanags
Nov 1 · 6 min read

Carpe Diem is a phrase on a t-shirt. It’s a line in a movie. It’s a Latin aphorism which literally means “pluck the day (as it is ripe) — that is enjoy the moment”. Enjoy the moment, now. Don’t think about the future, or the past, simply “pluck” the very moment you are in. Be in flow. It’s not a fish.

In his book Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi talks about the characteristics of being in flow. Remember flow is this state of consciousness…

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I write about human performance, the future and how communities grow. Find me at www.martyvanangs.com

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