I've been looking into the field of reinforcement learning lately, and that gives an interesting framework to think about topics like these. It seems that flow

I've been looking into the field of reinforcement learning lately, and that gives an interesting framework to think about topics like these. It seems that flow is a state of being in which you are almost constantly rewarded for your actions. Discipline might be a way to get there. I suppose that some people accidentally stumble into a state of flow, and others don't, but feel an urge to get there. In order to get there, they try things that give an instant reward (drugs, social media), or they try things that they think will give a big reward in the future (things you read in books or hear from wise people). Now, the question is, how are these rewards set? Is this something you can fiddle with? Will discipline actually change what you like? I guess some people enjoy discipline by itself, which makes all this highly complicated stuff to investigate properly.