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

The format of these mini episodes is straightforward I take voice questions from my listeners

about tuning up the nitty-gritty details of their habits to find out how to submit your

own question go to calnewport.com slash podcast that is where I have those instructions quick

announcements you know as mentioned my upcoming book a world without email is available

for preorder if you preorder it before March 2nd you get access to this course I created

called the email academy only for people who preorder the book you can find out more

about that at calnewport.com slash preorder we got a good collection of questions something

I'm noticing when I'm looking at my script here was that a lot of these questions aren't

they're not really nitty-gritty details of productivity habits which is typically what

we talk about on the show you know we'll get into my time blocking it's not quite working

I'm trying to build a deep work schedule in this particular context how do I do that some

of these questions are like that I just noticed that I have more questions than normal

this week that are maybe a little bit more lifestyle or general so I think that's okay

you know sometimes that's the mood I am in so anyways I look forward to diving into these

questions but before we do let's quickly say thanks to one of the sponsors that makes

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