Several of my recent posts veer into ridiculously introspective. I was considering this the other day, and wondering why it’s useful to explore one’s motivations, and then I realized it: you have to observe, explore, and tinker with anything you want to hack.
There’s all sort of little tricks to optimize my strengths and diminish my weaknesses that I’ve put into practice once I’ve figured them out. A lot of these circle around the drain that is my poor memory, for instance I always leave my work badge in the car overnight, so as never to forget it in the morning.
A cute one: the cat always reminds me quite vocally to feed her, every morning and every night. The fish on the other hand does not, and would probably die do to his stubborn quietness, were it not for the fact that I employed a “Self-Hack” regarding feeding him: when the cat gets fed, the fish gets fed. Now the cat essentially reminds me to feed the fish (ironic as she’s probably prefer to have me feed her the fish).
Probably my favourite is that I trick myself into exercising by going swing dancing. It’s basically an aerobics class in disguise.
Lastly for now, I’ve found that it’s easier to get up in the morning if I’m looking forward to seeing a friend, so I’ll often schedule coffee dates before my workday – I end up having a nice time and because I didn’t oversleep I still end up getting into work earlier than I would have otherwise. :-) It’s a win-win situation.
What little “Self-Hacks” do you employ?
