Time blocking is very helpful to me. However, because I'm a litigator, my schedule is unpredictable.

Specifically, with some frequency, something genuinely unexpected frequently pops up that will throw off a whole day or a couple of days.

I'm Cal Newport and this is a deep questions, tune-up mini episode. Now in this format

we take audio questions from listeners about the specific topic of tuning up their productivity

habit so they can get more done and better work done in a period where our

professional lives are increasingly disrupted.

One administrative note before we get started today,

I am now considering bringing on some advertisers

to the Deep Question podcast

so that I can make this whole project something that is,

at the very least, revenue neutral.

I enjoy doing the podcast, but I don't necessarily enjoy all of the expenses piling up week after week.

I think with a few advertisers, we could make this into a self-sustaining project.

So if you are a potential advertiser who is interested in reaching my audience, which are tend to be highly trained professionals who are good at what they do and very interested in productivity and self-improvement.

If this sounds interesting to you, send me a note at interesting at CalNewport.com.

I'm essentially testing the waters here to see if this plan might make sense.

If you want to contribute your own audio question to the habit tune-up mini episodes, You can go to Speak Pipe.com slash Cal Newport. You can record your question

right out of your browser. It is quite simple. And if you want to help spread the word

about the Deep Questions Podcast, the two best things you can do is

subscribe and or leave a rating and a review. I read all of those and I really appreciate them.

All right, so let's get started. Our first question today is about the tension between

capture and depth.

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