Two weeks and you're back in the zone? How long does it stick? For me, it fluctuates much more rapidly. Most days I'm in the zone for solid chunks of time and not in the zone for some chunks as well. Occasionally I'll have a bad day or two back to back. However one day rarely carries over to the next in terms of productivity.
Until I've gotten where I need to get to. I used to use this technique when I was an undergraduate to get through tough periods of the semester.
Recently, I used it on my startup after I finished grad school. I had a goal of getting a beta out and pushed myself into this working mode. I then kept going until I released the beta.
I tend to spend months in a zone where I'm able to concentrate and think about a project. During this time my social drive is down. Then I spend months in a zone where I just want to be around people and I can barely work. I think this technique is a way to throw myself into the working part of my brain at will. I won't claim to understand it. And I won't guarantee it will work for you. I just know all the plan things out stuff I was taught did me no good. This worked and so that is why I point it out here.
I work out and eat well but any one who knows me will tell you that I am life balance FAIL.
