Below are the topics covered in today's listener calls mini-episode (with timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.


OPENING CHAT: Cal is excited about his new email setup.
 

LISTENER CALLS:

- Shutdown struggles. [13:58]
- The difference between value-based planning and the deep life buckets. [17:47]
- Drowning in meeting prep. [28:21]
- Fiction book recommendations. [32:34]
- My process for writing New Yorker Articles. [40:27]


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