Ep. 36: Habit Tune-Up: Scheduling Life Admin, Finding Time for Practice, and High-Tech Metric Tracking

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.

I also officially announce my new Time-Block Planner! Available for pre-order everyone you buy books. Find out more about the Time Block Academy event I'm holding for those who pre-order at calnewport.com/blog.

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

Here are the topics we cover:

* Trello versus Workflowy for task management. [9:08]
* Integrating life admin into your work day. [12:54]
* Finding time for deliberate practice in an unpredictable work day. [18:46]
* Rekindling a reading habit lost to distraction. [30:10]
* High-tech metric tracking. [36:46]

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Thanks to listener Jay Kerstens for the intro music.

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