Ep. 253: Making Time for What Matters (w/ Laura Vanderkam)

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Technology, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Cal is joined by Laura Vanderkam (author of Tranquility by Tuesday and co-host of the Best of Both Worlds podcast). Cal and Laura tackle a collection of your questions about the struggle to make time for the various things that matter most, from your career to your family to your hobbies.

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: bit.ly/3U3sTvo

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INTERVIEW: Laura Vanderkam [19:46]

— Is the deep life only available to people with high salaries? [31:47]
— Is it possible for a mom to succeed in academia? [40:19]
— How do I find the time to land a job that requires less time? [50:26]
— Am I too old to leave a career that fills me with dread? [55:53]
— Am I crazy for thinking I can work from home with a baby? [1:00:31]
— How do I create a deep life with kids? [1:05:31]
— How do I stop over-committing? [1:13:47]

SOMETHING INTERESTING: Slow Time During Japan’s Edo Period [1:30:11]

Links:

scroll.in/article/1030173/how-japan-became-an-exemplar-of-sustainability-over-centuries-of-self-isolation

lauravanderkam.com/

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Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, and Mark Miles for mastering.

Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm Cal Newport and this is DeepQuestions, the show about living and working deeply in
0:17.7	a distracted world.
0:23.2	Here are my DeepWork HQ joined by my producer, Jesse.
0:28.0	I'm excited we have a guest coming up.
0:30.8	Later in the program, I will be joined by Laura Vandercam, who a lot of you know.
0:37.5	She's the author of nine books.
0:40.0	She's another one of these nonfiction writers like me who emerged from that early 2000s
0:45.6	era where blogs were king and a lot of us came out of that world into the world of professional
0:51.2	writing.
0:52.2	She focuses on time management with a particular focus on making time for the things
0:56.0	that matter, even when there are multiple things that matter that are in conflict, so
1:01.1	she's known.
1:02.1	In particular, really for thinking about you have your career, you have your family, you're
1:05.7	trying to make both of these things work, very pragmatic, very evidence-based.
1:10.2	I know we have a lot of fans of Laura in this audience, so later in the show, she's
1:14.0	going to join me.
1:15.0	We're going to do a bunch of questions together.
1:17.0	I pulled a lot of questions that felt like they would be in her wheelhouse and we will
1:21.8	discuss them.
1:22.8	She'll give her thoughts.
1:23.8	I'll give mine.
1:24.8	We'll see where we agree.
	...

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