Comments on: Monday Master Class: How to Keep Life Interesting with a Saturday Morning Project

By: What we need: Saturday Morning Projects (SMPs) | From Joel's Desk

What we need: Saturday Morning Projects (SMPs) | From Joel's Desk — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:18:59 +0000

[...] have read an article on “Study Hack” (link) about starting Saturday Morning Projects (SMP’s) in order to make our lives interesting and [...]

By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » The Grade Whisperer: How Do I Start an Impressive Project if I Don’t Have an Impressive Interest?

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:47:43 +0000

[...] fans of the yellow book know, I advise college students to embrace a “grand project,” my terminology for a project that, when described, makes people say “wow!” [...]

By: M G

M G — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:10:01 +0000

Your blog is fantastic. Thanks for all the inspiration–I’m picking up your book.

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By: Study Hacks

Study Hacks — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:46:30 +0000

I was wondering, since you’re a published author and therefore my hero, how did you get published? Who did you contact? How was your relationship with your editor? And also, if it is not too private, how did you discuss the money part ?

Read this:

http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/03/28/how-to-get-a-book-deal-lessons-from-my-adventures-in-the-world-of-non-fiction-publishing/

By: Candice Dologuele

Candice Dologuele — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:21:59 +0000

Dear Cal Newport,

I am an aspiring writer and love to write short stories. I am also writing a novel in French. I was wondering, since you’re a published author and therefore my hero, how did you get published? Who did you contact? How was your relationship with your editor? And also, if it is not too private, how did you discuss the money part ? Thanks you for your time.

Candice

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:00:46 +0000

I love this idea. The one edit I would make is call it the Saturday Afternoon Project between lunch and dinner because let’s be honest, after a long school week and night out, whose going to be up early enough to have time before lunch? Or maybe it’s just because I have a hard time seeing weekend mornings as time to work or be productive. I think to think of Grand Projects in college as thinking of the great things you want to do after college and find ways to do them in college, even if it’s on a smaller scale.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:56:31 +0000

I found this post kind of interesting, because I myself am starting a “saturday morning project,” particularly starting a hobby in dancing.

The problem I face now, however, is that I found that this project is more of a passion. It’s not easy for me to balance practicing my hobby into my school curriculum (I’m currently a biochemistry major). How do you suggest pushing a saturday morning project into something more substancial, as well as find the balance.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:31:14 +0000

Hey Cal, is that you in the picture? The face there looks like the face in your MIT bio and book pictures, but the haircut is so different.

Great post, like usual. I’ve been sluggish with improving the Wiki, and Jafar is the only one besides who used to work on it regularly. I definitely could use a Saturday-morning routine can help this get up and going, because I would like that kind of resource. But there are so many articles, and the Wiki is not updated to the most current article. Maybe we need more people–I don’t know how to handle it if I were you.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:04:43 +0000

I’m tired of the work-school life. It’s a very boring, very vicious circle. I realized one day while processing a customer’s credit card application that I needed my hobbies back. I’m still not sure what my GP is or if it should have anything to do with my current major.