The Ultimate Life Hack For Getting Shit Done

By Carly Jacobs

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f all the life improvement posts you’ll find around these parts, the ones I love writing the most are the ones about productivity. I always want to get the most stuff done in the shortest period of time so I can do more stuff. I love doing things and learning things and I’m already concerned that my life is going quicker than I’d like it to so I’m always on the look out for ways I can squeeze in more experiences before I’m an old lady.

This hack is pretty advanced and you need to be very disciplined but it’s a game changer. It’s called Touch It Once.

The basic concept is that you only touch things once – it sounds really obvious but it’s a little bit more involved than that. For example if you were living according to the Touch It Once principle, you would never open an envelope unless you were going to deal with what’s inside immediately. You wouldn’t start cleaning out your linen cupboard unless you knew you had time to finish it. This rule applies brilliantly to emails as well – you wouldn’t open your email just to check it because it’s a total waste of time. With Touch It Once, you never start a task without committing to the follow up task.

This week Kelly and I discuss the Touch It Once theory on Straight and Curly – the pitfalls, some tips and tricks to help you implement this in your life and a very intense conversation about leaving knives on the kitchen bench for murderers to come in and kill you. Sometimes we digress a little.

You can find this week’s episode about the Touch It Once theory on Straight and Curly – a podcast for self improvement junkies. Each week we try a life hack like eating 5 cups of vegetables every day or keeping a gratitude journal. Then we report on our findings and tell you whether you should try it or whether it’s a giant waste of your time.

If you don’t know how to listen to podcasts don’t fret – here are a few tips.

iPhone users

Open up the podcast app on your phone (it already lives there so you don’t need to download it) and search for Straight and Curly. Then hit subscribe and you’re good to go.

Android users

The same as iPhone users but you just use the Android podcast app.

Desktop users

You can listen to it while you work at your computer – just click this link here.

We’ve received some incredible support from our readers – we made it to New and Noteworthy within a few days and this week we outranked some very high profile podcasts. It’s all very exciting. I’m loving this podcasting thing sick. If you’re a long term reader of Smaggle, I’d love for you to become a listener. Go on. Get ear Smaggled.

Have you heard of the Touch It Once theory? Do you struggle with false starts a bit with your productivity?

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About Carly Jacobs

Carly is the founding editor of Smaggle which launched in 2007 back when blogging was weird. She has appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Cosmopolitan and Cleo magazines. Hoop earrings are totally her thing and she almost got run over by Myf Warhurst while out jogging one day.

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