but I struggle with the emotional regulation side of things, more specifically managing disappointment

when I do not or cannot stick to my deep work schedule, and also managing to be frank the highs of a great session. I'm Cal Newport and this is a deep questions.

I'm Cal Newport and this is a deep questions habit tune-up mini episode.

In this format, a course, we take audio questions from listeners, specifically on the topic of tuning up their productivity

habits in this current moment when our professional lives are increasingly disrupted.

I'm recording this morning as always in the

deep work HQ and I'm doing so on a brand new audio setup.

So I actually have a reasonable mixing board, which means going forward I can if I need to have

multiple people in person and we can all record into the same system.

I also have a more reasonable audio processor going on.

So you may notice a slight improvement in sound quality,

but more importantly, I've just given myself

some functionality here that's gonna be useful

going forward.

So the Tech Hardware Geek in me

is immensely pleased by all of the superfluous flashing LED

lights that now surround me in my HQ studio.

Now, before diving into this week's questions,

I wanted to mention something that's been on my mind recently in the world of productivity and that is this idea

that we do not spend enough time thinking about household productivity. I think this is a major gap in productivity thinking

is how do we make sense of, organize, and execute in an effective and low stress manner the overwhelming number of ever shifting

often urgent obligations relevant to owning a house, you know having kids, keeping your car running, keeping your own health in check.

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