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Tag: Cal Newport

  • Redefining solitude, and an alternative to walking

    Redefining solitude, and an alternative to walking

    It reminds me of this seemingly paradoxical result when, as accounted in posts related to the topic, creatives who leave social media, despite initially having those applications as a space for inspiration, end up being more creative and able to produce more authentically artful works after leaving.

  • Let the small bad things happen

    Not only will this preserve your ability to resist distraction and concentrate, but you might even fulfill Arnold Bennett’s ambitious goal of experiencing, perhaps for the first time, what it means to live, and not just exist. Newport, Cal. Deep Work. (emphasis mine) Two things that I had long wanted to accomplish but only did…