Flow

Csikszentmihalyi is praised as the founder of a concept called Flow.  We've all experience this before.  It's when you're playing basketball, a video game, working intensely on a project or practicing a technique. The task is challenging, and the task is of your choice.  Time flies by, you're completely focused in the present moment.  That's when you're in flow.  Flow is commonly mentioned as a source of happiness and I think ideally, we should all hope to be engaged in flow in our career of choice.  

From wikipedia:

Flow theory postulates three conditions that have to be met to achieve a flow state:

1. One must be involved in an activity with a clear set of goals and progress. This adds direction and structure to the task.^[12]
2. The task at hand must have clear and immediate feedback. This helps the person negotiate any changing demands and allows him or her to adjust his or her performance to maintain the flow state.^[12]
3. One must have a good balance between the perceived challenges of the task at hand and his or her own perceived skills. One must have confidence that he or she is capable to do the task at hand.

In positive psychology, an occupation can be described as "work", "career" or a "calling."  Work is associated with a means to an end.  Work is a way to pay the bills and keep food on the table.  A career is associated with a means of obtaining wealth and status.  A calling is something you do because it gives meaning to your life.  I think it's worth considering what our occupation is to us, and whether or not we feel we're on a path to finding work that we love.  And whether or not we experience flow in our occupations and our hobbies.