Ep. 56: Habit Tune-Up: Escaping Academic Twitter, Time Blocking During Vacation, and Making Time for Big Projects

The Cal Newport Show · Dec 23, 2020 · 33m

In this mini-episode, I answer audio questions from listeners asking for advice about how best to tune-up their productivity and work habits in a moment of increased distraction and disruption.

You can submit your own audio questions at speakpipe.com/calnewport.

Here are the topics we cover:

- Using task boards to plan big projects. [2:49]

- Academic Twitter. [8:31]

- Time block breaks + Workflowy vs Trello. [13:04]

- Deep work while traveling. [19:46]

- Setting aside time for big projects. [26:02]

Thanks to listener Jay Kerstens for the intro music.

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