Ep. 195: Deep Walks

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Education, Technology, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 85 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: youtube.com/calnewportmediaCAL REACTS: His latest article for The New Yorker [16:06]QUESTIONS:- How do I balance my walking ‘modes’ when living a Deep Life? [39:43]- Why not recommend time-blocking for leisure? [44:09]- LISTENER CALL: How do I avoid my phone when I’m tired? [46:57]HABIT TUNE-UP: WorkingMemory.txt - LISTENER CALL: How does a manager do Deep Work? [1:10:28]- Where do you put your extended thoughts about your life? [1:19:52]Thanks to our Sponsors:ExpressVPN.com/DeepMyBodyTutor.comGrammarly.com/DeepStamps.comThanks 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 DeepQuestius, episode 195.
0:22.7	I'm here in my deep work HQ, joined by my producer, Jesse.
0:28.5	I was late today.
0:30.2	We're late getting started.
0:32.5	Jesse, my apologies.
0:34.1	I had the AC repair people coming out to do maintenance.
0:39.2	And we discovered all sorts of issues.
0:40.6	Long story short, 45 minute appointment became two and a half hours.
0:47.8	So I have been up to my ears literally, I suppose, and free on.
0:52.8	I'll tell you though, and I've mentioned you before, Jesse, I am obsessed with my AC
0:57.1	and my current house and my old house.
0:59.6	I've always, I've never had it work the way I wanted to work.
1:02.0	I've never just had it cycles on and off, like, reasonable links cycles, keeps up on
1:08.3	hot days.
1:09.0	There's always weirdness going on.
1:11.6	I am this close to taking, I think, a year-long sabbatical from Georgetown, but in all
1:17.7	my writing projects on hold, it's just full-time work in my AC.
1:22.0	Doesn't Tesla have a heating system coming out?
1:25.0	You can buy one now that your boys are the Elon.
1:27.1	That's what I should do.
1:28.1	Yeah.
1:29.1	It's whatever the most complicated expensive, but it's true about HVAC.
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