become a lifehacker

..shall be a life-long journey. A pursuit of constant innovation and improvement. Not merely about over-clocking my consciousness or achieving increased personal efficiency. It’s about striking that delicate balance, using technology to get things done so that I can get more out of my life.

..but not as urgent as before. I can take my time with this one. No rush.. you can’t rush perfection. ;)

..involves among other things, the consistent implementation of David Allen’s GTD. While GTD is merely a system, it is the corner stone of every lifehacker’s wet dream.. to get more out of life, the best way he/she knows how. This may include more productivity at work, more quality time with family and love ones, more time spent with self.

I’ve used a braindump all my life (well, ever since I was a teenager, I think). But recently I gave this tool a shot and so far so good. I love its features and I’m a sucker for anything that’s simple and easy to use. They could do with a few more features (the Done items are currently too free-form and are missing its original context/project names). But it’s great coz I can see all my stuff organized and I can prioritize it by grouping tasks in my “Hotspots” bucket.

And I got back my GTD book, so yeah, a refresher is in order. ;)

..to becoming some kind of junkie, if this list is to be believed.. :P

..by defining what a lifehacker means, at least to me personally. There are many different definitions, mostly are rooted in the realm of programming. Well.. I can’t code to save my life so my personal definition has nothing to do with that.

Actually, I haven’t finished crystalizing my thoughts on this. I shared it with S the other day and he didn’t think too much of it. On the other hand, I told another friend who helps me find really cool hacks and tools and he kinda got where I was coming from, as well as where I’m headed (I think..).

I’ll definitely post more thoughts on this soon. I have a really good feeling about this, feels like the pieces of my life are about to come together.