The Deep Life We Talk About

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Cal Newport: We often use the term buckets to talk about the different aspects of your life that are important. The last one I often talk about is celebration. Celebration includes things you do just for the pure non-functional value of doing them. It's a bulwark against overwork and burnout because it is things that are non instrumental,. There's something fundamentally slow about a hobby well and joy in an engineer gratitude experience.

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DEEP DIVE: Work Cycles [6:57]

- Should I leave my relaxing job to make more money? [33:54]
- Is there a need for deep work retreats? [45:59]
- How do I find time to work deeply when I’m busy? [53:07]

Case Study: On Walking and Remote Work [57:25]

- Can Cal explain more about the “celebration” bucket? [1:02:09]

SOMETHING INTERESTING:

- Deep work cafe [1:10:28]
cbsnews.com/news/manuscript-cafe-in-tokyo-serves-an-antidote-to-writers-block/

- Gloria Mark’s new book [1:12:50]
amazon.com/Attention-Span-Finding-Fighting-Distraction/dp/1335449418

Links:

basecamp.com/handbook/09-how-we-work
bluemountaincenter.org/life-at-bmc
cnn.com/travel/article/amtrak-free-residency/index.html
myfranciscan.org/visit/hermitage/

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Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, and Mark Miles for mastering.