r/deepwork

Hello guys, nothing interesting about me, im just a 21 years old engineering Student like any other student in the world. I was the kind of person spending my time randomly, whenever i feel to study i do, whenever i need to fix papers, buy my room supplies, i do, same thing for my other hobbies like sport or cooking or even gaming. The thing is that the activities other than studying were just ignored most of the time under the pressure of studying.

That was for me how life can be, i mean u have time and u just spend it on something, but my vision started to change since i read Deep Work book of Cal Newport and i knew that our brains have a time in the day, with a maximum of 4 hours of deep focus, where your brain is on its maximum potential. Those 4 hours are meant to be the time where u do everything that costs the most energy, like studying for example or working for freelancers. And the rest of the tasks that consume minimum energy from the brain, or they are just not main tasks, are meant to be not crucial in our career. Lets say sport for students for example, or house chores or even shopping.

This experience and this idea is the origin of my will to create an app about it, and i already did, but it’s still in development, and to be specific, in the test phase, so i dont need users, im here to discuss the idea. I do really believe in the deep/shallow work theory, and the app is based on that. Simple idea, create blocks for the whole week, days and month, deep blocks for deep work, shallow blocks for the shallow ones, u track ur progress with the review section and u can also put long-term goals for the future.

The idea is also dedicated to ADHD people, because i was also inspired by how my friend who has ADHD lives his life in general.

i wont make it longer, just honest feedback. You as a user, student or worker or whatever, how do u find the idea? u imagine urself using such an app in your life?