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Ep. 107: How Do I Stay Motivated on Long-Term Projects?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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How to Use the Afternoon as a Fallback

If you're very careful about laying out your student workday, you can typically move these pieces round to get things started early enough that you can end work by dinner time. So if you're occasionally using your evenings to take advantage of spontaneous work, you'll be fine. Don't use this as a way to fish for rationals for not facing the productivity dragon. Take the easiest possible somester you can get away with in the fall....

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