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7-day challenges · 7-day deep work challenge

7 days. 7 days of real focus.

One small step a day to train your focus, based on ideas from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work. Read all seven days below. Start any day with a free account: your Day 1 is the day you press Start, and your progress is saved on any device.

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Day 1 of 7

Choose one important goal for your focused time

Deep work means focused, distraction-free effort on hard, valuable tasks. Cal Newport suggests starting with one clear goal, so your focus has somewhere to go. Then track the hours you spend on it, not just the results.

How to do it

  1. Write down one goal that would really matter if you moved it forward.
  2. Keep it to one. Fewer goals means more real progress.
  3. Make a simple tally sheet: one mark for every hour of focused work on it.
  4. Put the tally where you’ll see it every day.

How it works

Three simple rules

01

Start any day

Your Day 1 is the day you press Start. Then one new day opens each day. Each act takes a few minutes.

02

No guilt

Missed a day? It stays open, so tick it when you can. There are no streaks to break here.

03

Yours alone

Your ticks and notes are saved to your free account, on any device. Take several challenges at once if you like.