<p>Like making a calendar/schedule to plan out your day to minimize procrastination and a bad sense of free time? Just picked up his book.</p>
<p>Pssssshhhhh yeah right :)</p>
<p>I try. It’s not a bad idea, and once you do it for a few days, it becomes easier and easier.</p>
<p>i tried, but eventually found them to be useless</p>
<p>I love Cal Newport and Study Hacks, I think his articles are fantastic, but I think you have to look at his writings with the right approach. He offers a lot of tips that I don’t use, but what’s most valuable about his stuff is the underlying philosophies, which is what you should adopt and then use whatever strategies work personally for you to achieve them. The tips and strategies he outlines are more for you to try and tweak to your liking, the philosophy is where the gold is, in my opinion.</p>
<p>Who is Cal Newport? And what are his habits?</p>
<p>^[Study</a> Hacks](<a href=“http://calnewport.com/blog/]Study”>Study Hacks - Decoding Patterns of Success - Cal Newport)</p>
<p>That’s brilliant… Granted I’d start and finish 75 mins later but still</p>
<p>His note taking strategies and organization systems are priceless. Time blocking was good too, until I got too stressed that every unplanned for block of time meant bedtime was pushed back further and further.</p>
<p>Nope. I tried to do some of his stuff such as a Sunday ritual, but later I realized that they actually did very little to help me. His stuff is too “organized” for me. I’m more of a go-with-the-flow type of person.</p>
<p>nopessssssssss</p>
<p>I’m following the Zen valedictorian theory he has. I’m also following “structured” procrastination.</p>
<p>I tried the spontaneous “go with the flow” but inevitably that ends to procrastination.</p>
<p>Time blocking and note taking seem to stand out the most</p>
<p>Well this is a good find.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>