When your "system" is eating you alive

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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 creativity is your bread and butter

That shouldn't just bother you, it should downright infuriate you!

That then allows room for Key number 3:

Embrace Old Rusty.

You know, that one trick you learned back in grade school

That still permeates your systems to this day

Simply because it works?

Yea, that one.

maybe not that one

I don't mean to say don't learn new tricks.

But if new tricks ain't moving the needle SIGNIFICANTLY!!

Then reconsider. Your time is worth protecting

Remember:

0 to 80 is life changing,

80-99 is a waste of time for everyone except Ph.Ds

And they're getting paid.

Are you?

Thanks for reading,

Let me know what you thought of this topic!

Would love to hear your thoughts.

Talk soon,

Niquey