The book is worth a read. Don’t forget about your local library!
The end-of-day shutdown is just that. You put your work day in order, you make sure your papers are tidy, you check what you need to do tomorrow (no nasty surprises) and perhaps a few days ahead, then you actually say, out loud, “shutdown complete”.
It’s supposed to help separate your day of (deep) work from your time off. I like the idea but – ha! – never remember to do it.
OP: cool looking app, it’s really nicely done. Was this a “teach myself a language” sort of project? If not, what was the motivation? [Edit: just seen your comment below.]
I agree that Deep Work is worth a read. Quite a few meaningful ideas in quite few pages. The end-of-day shutdown is one of the ideas that stuck in me. After a workday my mind is usually buzzing a bit too much for most activities. Focusing on winding down helps very much. Having accepted the point made by the author in combination with it being such a small thing to say the phrase when walking from work means that I often remember to say the phrase and then instantly accept that I should focus the last drops of work-related attention on disconnecting from work in a good way. Helps me a lot!
> OP: cool looking app, it’s really nicely done. Was this a “teach myself a language” sort of project? If not, what was the motivation? [Edit: just seen your comment below.]
Thanks! A combination of learning RN and adopting Deep Work principles by building something around it --- my favorite type of learning, albeit time consuming :).
The end-of-day shutdown is just that. You put your work day in order, you make sure your papers are tidy, you check what you need to do tomorrow (no nasty surprises) and perhaps a few days ahead, then you actually say, out loud, “shutdown complete”.
It’s supposed to help separate your day of (deep) work from your time off. I like the idea but – ha! – never remember to do it.
OP: cool looking app, it’s really nicely done. Was this a “teach myself a language” sort of project? If not, what was the motivation? [Edit: just seen your comment below.]