The English We Speak: Flow State
Learning English Conversations
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đď¸ 7 April 2026
âąď¸ 4 minutes
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When we enter a flow state, we feel fully focused. Learn how to use this expression with Feifei and Becca. For more great language tips and programmes visit bbclearningenglish.com
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | Hello and welcome to the English We Speak, |
| 0:09.0 | where we explain phrases and expressions used by fluent English speakers |
| 0:13.7 | so that you can use them too. |
| 0:16.4 | I'm Faye Faye and here with me is Becca. |
| 0:19.1 | How are you doing, Becca? |
| 0:20.8 | Hey, Faye, I'm doing well, thanks. I've had a very productive morning. I finished lots of tasks and made a to-do list for the afternoon. |
| 0:28.9 | I feel like I've entered a flow state pretty early in the day. |
| 0:32.1 | Yes, you seem to have been very busy. But Becca, what do you mean by a flow state? The phrase flow state gained |
| 0:40.0 | popularity on social media. A lot of young people use it as part of their everyday language. |
| 0:45.9 | When we enter a flow state, we feel that we are fully focused on something. It's a kind of mental |
| 0:51.0 | state where we're fully concentrated on whatever we're doing. And because of that, |
| 0:55.9 | we feel like time moves more quickly. We might not think about anything else other than what we're |
| 1:00.8 | doing and we might do it more skillfully and easily as a result. Ah, that's why you feel like you've |
| 1:06.5 | had a very productive morning. Do you enter a flow state often? Not very often. It's hard to enter |
| 1:13.6 | a flow state or get into a flow state when the conditions around you aren't right. For example, |
| 1:19.6 | I love going to cafes to do some work, but it can be hard to get into a flow state there |
| 1:24.5 | because they're sometimes busy or distracting. Yes, I agree. And is it only work tasks that you feel you get into a flow state for? |
| 1:33.3 | Not at all. It's probably easier to get into a flow state with activities that you really enjoy. |
| 1:39.3 | For example, I love painting, but I don't do it often. I just don't have the time. |
| 1:45.5 | So, when I have an idea of something I'd like to paint, I make sure that I have a free day to do it. |
| 1:51.3 | I sit comfortably, put on some relaxing music, and I enter a flow state. |
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