# The Zone

<datetime class="hidden">2004-01-05T00:00</datetime>
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What is 'The Zone' -[is it
a form of the trance autistic people sometimes experience](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2192611.stm). Do hairdressers have
a 'Styling Zone'. I love it, it's Zen like (I practise [ZaZen](http://www.gnofn.org/~aza/zazen.html) meditation
or at least the dumbed down self-help form). 'The Zone' is a place you can reach
while coding where your brain starts working at a pace and with concentration that
you rarely experience. It's relaxing, you can work an eight hour day, get home and
feel more refreshed than when you started. Odd. Good night...