Deep Work: Lonely Business or Exciting Affair?
Carl Newport’s Deep Work is one of the most inspiring books in the last years.
It promotes the idea that the best work gets done in uninterrupted hours when one is by themselves. He calls it Deep Work. Carl goes on to say that modern life and its standards like open-offices and active social media presence are counterproductive to creative work and to breakthroughs.
The issue is that we are constantly chasing the new and exciting. Deep Work seems neither. It’s the thing that happens when we sit down to do our work in any field and thereby we land into a state of flow. The outer world disappears. The chatter dies down. It’s peace and quiet. The task is just outside of the comfort zone (but not too challenging).
Maybe Deep Work sounds too scientific and other-worldly. Let’s call it focused-work and serious work by yourself. You go into your work space (which could be your kitchen if that works) and you slowly get started. The outside world seems to disappear and so do the tensions and worries. People who meditate can imagine this metaphor even better.
The issue with deep work is that it seems like a lonely business. It does not sound like an exciting affair. The fact however is that it’s exciting in a very quite manner. People who don’t do deep work that often would mistake it for a dull, boring activity. Artists, creators and pros however know what deep work is for their productivity.
I also decided to come back to my focus and creative work. I was wondering why I had stopped blogging in the recent weeks. Last week was a return for me after a long time. In many ways, the day-to-day tasks also distract us and emergencies that pop-up simply leave little time behind. An exhausted mind at end of the day is not going to be creative or willing enough to churn out a blog post.
That’s why my new goal is to get a blog post done every weekend without an exception. This would be my second weekend of routine-based writing. This is a short blog post to keep my progress going.
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