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Ep. 121: Is Writing Everyday Overrated? (with Srini Rao)

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Processing Notes Counts as Writing

This is one of the casesw where some one's tactics has turned me around. In particular, i love this idea that as a writer, he no longer tries to write a set amount of words each day. He instead aims to process a certain number of notes in his note taking system each day. And that's what he wants to do, is think through ideas and clarify ideas every day, not necessarily write. I like that. It kind o dovetails with my my essay i wrote a few months ago called in defence of thinking, or i down playd the importance of just writing as the main way of thinking. This, maybe it turns me around. I may actually start

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