For me, deep work means projects interesting enough to put down and pick up hours, days, weeks, months, and even years later. Deep works come with chores and de

For me, deep work means projects interesting enough to put down and pick up hours, days, weeks, months, and even years later. Deep works come with chores and deep working starts with rolling up sleeves, spitting on my hands, and picking up the ax. Deep work is chopping wood and feels like work. It's hard and being hard makes it engaging. Shallow work feels like progress and is shallow because I know where it is going. Being surprised is how I recognize I am deep. The problem is not X and Meta. The problem is they are more interesting than the work by which you are defining your creativity. Focus on more interesting work. It's why you have a day job. Good luck.