How People Learn

When and where have you experienced learning experiences or activities like this, where you were so absorbed in what you were doing, you needed no extrinsic motivation to continue? When do you feel most alive and interested in what you are doing?

There are a few different things that I can think of that I do and feel most alive.  I feel most alive when I am working on arts and crafts, trying to find a new discovery or playing sports.  Something all these activities have in common is that they are very active and physical.  For arts and crafts, I could be working on a project for hours or days and not want to stop.  I enjoy cutting, pasting, coloring, drawing, painting and being creative.  I enjoy building things and seeing the finished product.  For new discoveries, I enjoy looking things up on the internet to find out new information.  I am naturally curious about things and find it fascinating to learn how things are made or why things are the way they are.  I have been known from my friend to have random facts of knowledge which they call my "Phung-isms".  I can research something that triggers my curiosity for hours and hours.  The other thing that makes me feel most alive is when I am playing sports, especially volleyball.  I am entirely engaged and also take on a whole new level of energy and interest.  I'm like that kid who forgets to eat because they so much want to go outside and play.