Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 218: Work vs. Meaning

Oct 17, 2022

01:41:58

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When You're in Stasis, Do Hard Work Shutdowns Everyday

01:22

The Recharging Benefit of Solitude

02:47

The Meaning of Work in the 1950s

01:26

Adult Coloring Books - The Same Effect as Walking

01:20

Introduction

3min

What's Going on on the Cal Newport Channel?

2min

Work Versus Meaning

2min

Follow Your Passion

2min

Follow Your Passion Is a Good Career Advice

2min

How Did the Minimalist Movement Emerge?

1min

Financial Independence Retire Early

2min

What's Driving the Quiet Quitting Twitter Movement?

2min

What's Next for Career Design?

2min

10.

The Fire Movement and Lifestyle Design

2min

11.

Value Based Lifestyle Centric Career Planning

3min

12.

VBL CCP, Value-Space Lifestyle Centric Career Planning

6min

13.

The Rome Commuter Shirt Is the Perfect Dress Shirt

3min

14.

Lifestyle Center Career Planning

3min

15.

The Bridge From a Broad Vision to a Specific Choice of Job

4min

16.

How to Make a Living in Tolfino, Ontario

3min

17.

How to Become a Straight a Student at Dartmouth

3min

18.

Adult Coloring Books - The Same Effect as Walking

2min

19.

The Importance of Solitude in Digital Minimalism

5min

20.

Finding Contentment in the Life You Have Right Now

4min

21.

Offset the Anxiety of Unstable Stasis

2min

22.

Robin Cook - Name of the Wind

2min

23.

Should I Go to Dental School or Hang Back and Keep Running My Dad's Tax Business?

2min

24.

What's That Airway?

3min

25.

Tax Preparation Can Be Very Powerful if You Have a Clear Vision of Your Life

4min

26.

How to Declutter Your Digital Life in 30 Days

4min

27.

Digital Minimalism in Africa

2min

28.

Is Your Working Memory a Stable Storage?

2min

29.

Scrivener - Double Pane Approach to Writing

2min

30.

I Don't Have a Daily Structured Daily Writing Habit.

6min

31.

Mybodytutor - The Best in the World at Delivering Highly Personal Accountability and Coaching

2min

32.

What's Up With the Mailbag?

5min

33.

Let's Live the World of Our Writing

5min

34.

The Importance of Having an Organized Target for Your Energies

3min

Link to submit questions: bit.ly/3U3sTvo

DEEP DIVE: Work vs. Meaning [4:48]

- How do I design a life I love? [33:37]
- Is it okay that I use adult coloring books? [47:19]
- Is listening to music a good source of solitude? [49:33]
- How do I enjoy the present while planning for a deeper future? [54:42]
- CALL: Should I take over my dad’s business? [1:03:24]
- How do I stop binge-watching YouTube after work? [1:12:02]
- Does Cal process his WorkingMemory.txt file to empty every day? [1:18:06]
- Does Cal keep a journal? [1:22:09]

MAILBAG: [1:29:25]

- Holly Black’s enchanted home [1:30:10]
enchantedlivingmagazine.com/a-writers-cozy-lair/

- Bram Stoker’s “method writing” [1:34:17]
theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/09/cutting-his-teeth-how-bram-stoker-found-his-inner-dracula-in-scotland

- A new deep life bucket [1:35:56]

- The deep life of a professional stone skipper [1:37:23]
outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/water-activities/stone-skipping-kurt-steiner/

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mybodytutor.com

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

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Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 218: Work vs. Meaning

When You're in Stasis, Do Hard Work Shutdowns Everyday

The Recharging Benefit of Solitude

The Meaning of Work in the 1950s

Adult Coloring Books - The Same Effect as Walking

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