life hacking my way through life
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Why is efficiency important in daily life?
Let me tell you about three things that are really important to me, okay? Number one, efficiency. I don't like extra steps. I don't like wasted time. I spend probably an hour every day thinking about how I can make my day as efficient as possible. And I know what you're thinking. Spending an hour a day thinking about how to be more efficient probably is inefficient, right? Wrong, wrong. Because while I'm thinking about how to make my day more efficient, I'm doing other things that are productive, okay? And that's called optimization, okay? Which leads me to number two, optimization. making every single step in the day count. Every single action is accomplishing two tasks. Do you see what I'm saying? Optimization, getting the most done with the least amount of effort.
How can optimization improve your day?
Is that even what optimization means? I don't know. I actually have to Google it, to be honest. Optimization is the action of making the best or most effective use of a situation a resource. Okay? Number three, crisis aversion and preparedness. I think we all want to be prepared for a crisis. Close your eyes and think about a time when maybe you had food poisoning at school and you pooped a little bit. Not enough to like throw your whole pants away, but just a little bit in your underwear. How nice would it be to have a pair of underwear in your backpack at all times ready just in case you shit yourself in math class?
What are some essential crisis preparedness tips?
It'd be really nice because moments that are traumatic like shitting yourself in math class become less traumatic when you're prepared. What about when you're going on a road trip and you realize, oh, fuck. I forgot my phone charger. Oh wait, no problem. I always have an extra phone charger in my car. Do you understand what I'm saying? Being prepared is important to me. Averting crises as often as possible is important to me. Now, what does this all really say about me? If you were to simplify it, basically that I like life hacks. And I think most people think of life hacks and they cringe because there was this weird phase on the internet for a few years where like 90% of internet content was was about some sort of life hack.
Why should you embrace life hacks?
And, you know, there are only so many life hacks in life. You know what I'm saying? Like there are only so many. And because this was such a video trend, it became this thing of like, people were just coming up with these ridiculous life hacks that actually didn't work and actually required more steps than the original. Like it wasn't hacking life, it was actually making life more complicated. And so then the trend ultimately died. And then we all sort of started to hate life hacks. But We really don't hate life hacks. We all have our own life hacks in our day-to-day life. And we might not even realize that we have them, but we do. And I am somebody who absolutely loves hacking my life, okay? I am constantly trying to figure out how to hack my life.
It's almost like a hobby for me, honestly. Because I will say, and I'm not like trying to shit on the people of my life, but... I think my life is more hacked than anyone that I know. I briefly paused this episode to let you know that this episode of Anything Goes is presented by Temptations Cat Treats. Your cat will come running for the perfectly irresistible Temptations creamy puree and Temptations lickable spoon cat treats. The best time to feed lickable cat treats to your cat is anytime. Feed by hand for a playful moment, in a bowl for a creamy treat, or as a topper to make mealtime fun. Visit TemptationsTreats.com to learn more. Now, let's get back to the episode. To be honest, I think I'm a little bit too obsessed with efficiency and optimization and crisis aversion and preparedness. Like, I think it is kind of an unhealthy obsession at times for me. Because I am really hard on myself when things are inefficient, when I am unprepared, like I really beat myself up about it. And that's not healthy.
But I do think it's overall a positive sort of sentiment to like, I don't know, like hack your life. Like I think it's a positive concept. I think I personally take it too far, but I think it's something that everyone can benefit from incorporating into their lives. Like I think most of us could always be more efficient, more optimized, more prepared.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Why is efficiency important in daily life?
0:00–0:49
2
How can optimization improve your day?
0:49–1:27
3
What are some essential crisis preparedness tips?
1:27–2:15
4
Why should you embrace life hacks?
2:15–5:13
5
What are some of Emma's unique life hacks?
5:13–10:14
6
How to organize medication intake efficiently?
10:14–16:00
7
What are niche tools that solve daily problems?
16:00–1:12:03