Ep. 211: How Cal Organizes His Life

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Technology, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

- Deep Dive: How does Cal organize his life? [4:47]

- How do I improve my estimates of how long a task will take? [27:49]
- How does Cal feel about open office spaces? [30:01]
- Does listening to a podcast count as reading? [40:54]
- How do I plan a wedding without drowning in minutia? [43:40]
- I lost my love for work. Should I try to get it back? [50:03]

- Does Cal struggle with comparing himself to others? [59:18]
- How do I reset my ambitions after buring out? [1:08:06]

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0:00.0	I'm Cal Newport and this is DeepQuestions, episode 211.
0:22.2	Now if you're new to DeepQuestions, this is a show where I offer practical advice about
0:27.7	living and working deeply in an increasingly distracted world.
0:34.4	If you want to submit questions or case studies for you on the show, go to calnewport.com
0:40.8	slash podcast for instructions.
0:43.2	If you want to watch past episodes or watch clips of popular segments from past episodes,
0:49.2	go to youtube.com slash calnewportmedia.
0:53.8	And finally, if you're ready to get serious about the topics you hear today, sign up for
0:57.6	my newsletter at calnewport.com where you'll join over 70,000 other subscribers who have
1:04.2	an essay written by me about the theory and practice of the DeepLife delivered to their
1:09.5	inbox each week.
1:11.9	Alright, on to this week's episode.
1:14.7	My producer Jesse is back from his sojourns in Scotland.
1:19.3	See, when you were gone, I told the listeners that Scotland seemed like a place where I would
1:24.4	be really happy.
1:25.9	I would read books and look at castles and walk demores and think big thoughts.
1:30.1	You were just there.
1:31.8	What would you say?
1:32.8	Accurate assessment or inaccurate assessment?
1:34.7	Very accurate.
1:35.7	So I took some walks around because you were talking about, you know, taking some pictures
1:40.8	and stuff and there was a bookstore that you would love.
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