However, the kind of rigid scheduling it proposes goes against the freedom deep work loves. It is not the lazy/mindless kind of freedom I’m referring to, but the freedom from over-quantified environments : IMO it is counterproductive to aim at always rigidly controlling that "in the zone" experience.
Indeed, and I was not talking about zero/low-schedule, but the minimum necessary. That is, no micro-self-management beyond that.
> based on the creation of habit, instead of relying on luck to be in the zone
I also agree. That is why I said not the lazy freedom. Habit is important, but a habit-mindset is not always the most creative/productive. Also, habit has that automaticity that can prevent the kind of useful essentialism mentionned in the article.
So, it is a balancing act. schedule/habit are only half the story.