Deep Questions with Cal Newport · 2026-10-05 · 67 min · 12,829 words

Combating the Whirlwind with a Single Sheet of Paper

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If I'm being honest. The month of September wasn't that easy for me. I was overwhelmed with those sort of schedule busting. time sensitive obligations that can really make it feel Almost like you're drowning. The the way I actually described how I felt last month was flat. Like I was very busy, but not actually getting anywhere.

Like I was existing more than I was living. Now this is what I want to talk about today because actually I think that that feeling, that experience I had last month is one that more and more people are having, and technology is actually making it worse. And so I wanna Try to understand What is going on when we feel overwhelmed and flat? And then once we have this understanding, use that to figure out Хаустю ескейп.

That negative state. And what I'm gonna do is explain to you exactly what I did to get out of the sense of flatness I was feeling. It was a strategy that's so simple that it could fit on a single sheet of paper and I will explain to you uh exactly how to do it in your own life when you end up In the same type of situation.

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