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Ep. 117: Should I Quit My Job to Become a Writer?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Career Ideation - I Don't Like This Activity, I Think I Would Like to Be a Writer

Anonymous, you might want to put on the brakes here with this career ideation we're thinking about. Put the brakes on that type of thinking and try bout of what i call life style centric career planning. This is where you work backwards from the life style that resonates with you. You conjure up such a clear picture of what my life is like day to day,. Where do you live? How much are you working? What type of activities are you doing outside of work? And by contrast, you're in the city, sitting around the bar, sipping your absinthe having big ideas and plugged into a cultural scene. So start with life style center career planning.

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