Dr. Cal Newport
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Podcast Appearances
What struggle are you having in your life right now?
I like that.
I always like text is like a great logistical tool.
Like, wait, what restaurant are you at?
Oh, okay, I'll meet you there.
Are you free to talk?
Like I love text as a logistical tool.
But you're right, as a conversational tool, yeah, it's not for me either.
Yeah, digital is not a problem for me on vacation, but my wife won't let me –
not bring something to work on on vacation.
Because?
Because I become a monster.
Yeah.
When we had little kids, I tried this, right?
I was like, okay, like this is it.
I'm not going to think about anything like this is.
And I would just become like an anxiety case.
So what I've learned is bring one thing that's like very deep and non-urgent.
like a book concept I'm trying to make work or an academic paper that I was like trying to crack or like something new.
And I need like that 90 minutes a day to like walk on the beach and think.