When your "system" is eating you alive
* * * Has your productivity system become sentient? Mine was. brooding over my shoulder ...watching my every move. I knew it was time to slay that dragon. So I could allow room for, you know…actual living!? Here's how you can conquer your Nessie too (without efficiency suffering) I had collected 40, dare I say 50 productivity hacks. Aaaaand I used, what, 5? And out of that 5, I only needed maybe 2, I wager. Key number one was easy knowing that: Find out which they were, and ix-nay the rest. It's not about knowing every possible productivity trick It's about how many minutes I waste "optimizing" And that brings me to Key number 2… My Precious!! …is actually going to stab you in the back. So you shank it first. And, by shank, I mean cut off that blood-sucking curse disguised as a "productivity hack"!1!!1!!1!!111!!11one Some of your productivity hacks are actually stifling your creativity. And if c...