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title: anti-lifehacking
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This is the anti-lifehack.
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By eschewing organization schemes this design pattern forces immediate action.
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No tags, folders or priorities allowed - either deal with item X now, or place
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it on the bottom of the queue.
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If it seems overwhelming, try determining how much time you would like to work
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on anything, and find an item that can have measurable progress in that period.
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I have applied this to my email inbox, rss feeds, and todo lists.
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When applied to my email, I realized I had too many messages incoming. It forced
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me to unsubscribe from at least a dozen mailing lists, and over 99% of my emails
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are archived (which means they are dealt with). Zero inbox is attainable but not
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necessary - set small goals, like reducing the net amount by 5 every day.
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When applied to my rss reader, I realized I had too many feeds, and would really
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only read a few anyway. I bookmarked the sites that I loved but rarely read, and
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decided to return to them later. Also, I hid item counts.
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When applied to my todo list, I realized I had more stuff than time to do it in,
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which forced me to get very good at prioritizing, and picking what needed to be
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done immediately. This required a bit more dilligence about actually adding
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stuff to the todo list, though its great to cross off items.
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