Cal Newport talks about planning systems in episode 394 of the Deep Questions podcast. Buy Cal Newport's latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow It’s hard to live deeply in a distracted world if you don’t have control over how you spend your time. This goal requires a *planning system* that both works and can last. Do you have a reasonable planning system in place? If not, don’t worry. Today, Cal is joined by planning expert Sarah Hart-Unger (author of “Best Laid Plans”) to discuss the nitty gritty details of creating sustainable systems that can help you regain autonomy over your schedule without becoming an over-scheduled drone. Download my FREE Deep Life Guide HERE: https://bit.ly/3QBIcug Listen to Episode Here: https://www.thedeeplife.com/listen/ Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo February Books: The Last Kings of Hollywood (Paul Fischer) Movies: The Smashing Machine Song Sung Blue Links: Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow Get a signed copy of Cal’s “Slow Productivity” at https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/cal-newport/ Cal’s monthly book directory: bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba? https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/07/why-are-movies-sooooo-long-an-investigation https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz9311 Sarah Hart-Unger online: - Sarah Hart-Unger (MD, if you want to use that but I typically don't even bother in my creative work!) - practicing pediatric endocrinologist, author, and podcaster - Best Laid Plans Podcast - Best of Both Worlds Podcast (cohosted with Laura Vanderkam) - Best Laid Plans: A Simple Planning System for Living a Life That You Love, Sourcebooks Dec 2025 - Website (since 2004 . . .): theshubox.com  - Social media: none :) Partially due to your influence, I quit FB in 2016, IG in 2021, and thankfully never got into anything else! I guess I do have minimal Youtube (occasional planner videos + feed of podcast eps) @www.youtube.com/@BestLaidPlansVideo Thanks to our Sponsors: This show is sponsored by Better Help: https://www.betterhelp.com/deepquestions https://www.zapier.com/deep https://www.calderalab.com/deep https://www.shopify.com/deep 0:00 Interview with Sarah Hart-Unger 1:05:07 Dopamine addictions and TV shows 1:09:30 Watching entire films 1:16:30 Attention span and movies 1:21:00 Update on my AI Programmer Project 1:28:13 Other Updates 1:29:06 What Cal Consumed Connect with Cal Newport: 🔴Visit Cal's BLOG and website: https://calnewport.com/blog/ 🔴Check out Cal's books: https://calnewport.com/writing/ 🔴Check out The Deep Life: https://thedeeplife.com About Cal Newport: Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives. Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner. The videos are considered to be used under the "Fair Use Doctrine" of United States Copyright Law, Title 17 U.S. Code Sections 107-118. Videos are used for editorial and educational purposes only and I do not claim ownership of any original video content. I don't use said video clips in advertisements, marketing or for direct financial gain. All video content in each clip is considered owned by the individual broadcast companies. #CalNewport #DeepWork #DeepLife #DeepQuestions #TimeblockPlanner #WorldWithoutEmail #DeepQuestionsPodcast