I'm Cal Newport and this is Deep Questions, the show about cultivating a deep life in a

distracted world. So I'm once again not in my Deep Work HQ in Tacoma Park but instead

recording from my undisclosed location up north but I am joined once again by my producer

Jesse through the the miracle of internet technology. Jesse how are things going

down there in the DC area?

Things are going good.

It was real hot earlier in the week, but today and yesterday has been very pleasant.

So I had a sweatshirt on today. Midday I was riding outside and it was cool enough on the

porch up here that I had to put on a sweatshirt. It's very rare I get to wear a

sweatshirt in July so you can tell I'm happy.

But you know what, I'm coming back.

So this is the last episode recorded in the undisclosed location.

God willing next week I will be back in the HQ and we will be recording again in person.

I miss all of our, I miss the HQ, I miss all the stuff we had going on down there not the heat but everything else

so this will be good but it's been nice to be up here

I'm gonna talk a little bit at the end of the show about one of the cooler features of working up north and there's going to be a little

competition I have between me and another well-known writer so stay tuned for that but all

things must come to an end so Jesse I'm happy to get back there.

Yeah I was listening to episode 309 earlier in the week

with a productive meditation

and I followed your advice on a bike ride home from work.

I did that and it worked out well. I liked it a lot.

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