Ep. 175: What is the Deep Life?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Education, Self-improvement, Technology

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.Video from today’s episode: tinyurl.com/b2rkctfjCORE IDEAS: The Deep Life [4:55]DEEP WORK QUESTIONS:- Does time blocking work with ADHD? [33:39]- How should I approach my PhD? [35:38]- How can I meet other deep workers? [39:40]- How can I improve Zoom meetings? [44:19]- How do I shutdown while watching kids? [47:21]DEEP LIFE QUESTIONS:- How do I balance my personal and professional life? [57:12]- How do I pick a major if I can’t follow my passion? [59:27]- Is there a place where I can find all of the ideas from this podcast? [1:04:45]Thanks to our Sponsors:Headspace: Headspace.com/QUESTIONSBlinkist: Blinkist.com/DEEPMunk Pack: MunkPack.com - Enter code DEEPJUST Egg Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, and Mark Miles for mastering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Cal Newport, and this is DeepQuestions, episode 175.
0:22.5	I'm here in my DeepWork HQ, joined by my producer, Jesse.
0:30.4	We are fortunate you are able to make it in today.
0:33.7	This is an early Sunday morning, and it is snowing outside, so I'm sure it was treacherous
0:39.0	going for you to get here, but the truck made it.
0:42.7	Truck made it.
0:43.7	Didn't have to use four-wheel drive.
0:45.1	I don't want to alarm DeepQuestions listeners, but as I walked over to the studio today, there
0:49.7	was up to and including a quarter-inch of snow on grassy surfaces.
0:54.0	That shuts down the DC area because they're afraid of snow.
0:57.6	A little bit.
0:58.6	I believe the official rules here is that if there's more than two inches of snow in
1:03.6	the DC area and looking at the city rules here, they just declare a purge.
1:09.0	There's just no law.
1:11.8	You can just, it sounds reasonable.
1:13.3	Each of your neighbors use burning cars to barricade your neighborhood.
1:19.0	There's two inches of snow.
1:20.3	That's what happens.
1:22.0	No, but we made it today.
1:23.0	We made it in, we're recording this early, so I'm going on a trip, so we're actually
1:27.7	recording this quite a bit earlier than normal.
1:32.1	This is actually just a peak behind a curtain.
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