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Finding flow has largely to do with performing tasks that match your skill level. When a task is far beyond your skill level, you will feel defeated. When a task is too easy, you'll be bored. Only when a task is challenging but achievable will you feel good about doing it.
LessWrong • How to Be Happy - LessWrong
described by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, flow is a mental state that is experienced when you are engaged in continuous learning activities that are challenging enough to fully engross you. The good news is that if you achieve flow you will enjoy a feeling of great joy and satisfaction. The other states recognized by Csikszentmihalyi are a
... See moreDr Grace Lordan • Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want
nothing as engaging as this state of working at the very limits of your ability—or what both game designers and psychologists call “flow”.4 When you are in a state of flow, you want to stay there: both quitting and winning are equally unsatisfying outcomes.
Jane McGonigal • Reality Is Broken
“The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.” Csikszentmihalyi calls this mental state flow (a term he popularized with a 1990 book of the same title).