Flow Shart

“I have come to share amazing news. It turns out that despite everything you’ve heard, getting a colonoscopy is wonderful. It’s the most fun I’ve had since the sunniest summer days of my childhood. I would like everyone to experience this bliss as often as possible.” Sam Anderson in the NYT Magazine (Gift Article): Want to Reach Nirvana? Try a Colonoscopy. “I’m not sure I’ve ever lived a fuller day. I achieved a literal flow state. I felt pure consciousness, the sense of presence people spend lifetimes searching for in mountaintop monasteries. It had been waiting, all along, in my upstairs bathroom.” (I’ve always thought the downsides of getting a colonoscopy were dramatically overstated. If you’re worried, don’t be. There are much worse tests, and eventually, you’ll probably have to get them all.)