Lifehack.org: Are You Lifehacking Too Much?
Posted by Michael | Filed under Craphack, GTD
Interesting article over on Lifehack today linking to Nick Cernis’s of Put Things Off blog. Here we ask ourselves: Is productivity, or at least the concept if not the practice, really and truly “dead”? Is calling it dead a bit drastic? Or are we simply moving into another way of thinking about what it means to be “productive”? Or, are we realizing that the pursuit of productivity really is something we fool ourselves into believing — as a cult-like pursuit of salvation — that being more productive should be the end all, be all of our existence? Are we perhaps missing out on something larger, those of us with a myopic focus on achieving productivity Zen?
“[lifehack.org] He said that “our obsession with ‘productivity’ is getting in the way of our lives.” Nick started out by saying that the productivity industry is out of control, and that it’s making us less efficient, not more. I agree with Nick, and I can tell you why the productivity industry is like that: it’s about making money. more…
[putthingsoff.com] At the end of 2007, I stopped almost all the beeps in my life. I sold the PDA that had been bipping away at me, dutifully organising my days. Instead, I picked up a pencil and paper. So far, 2008 has been my most productive year ever. I went further too. I’ve given up on GTD and trying to bend my life to fit a complex blueprint. I stopped actively seeking online offerings titled 13 Even More Productive Ways to Wash Your Socks That Will Blow Your Mind. I realised far too late that the productivity industry has become a techno-spiritualist movement. People are now using productivity ’systems’, software and small beeping devices just because almost everybody else is. more…
Your thoughts?
Tags: GTD, Lifehack, productivity
