[fylox]

Quite true. I think people should stop reading those "lifehacking" blogs. They just prevent you from doing things and thus keep you from gaining worthwhile insights on your own which are way more useful.(I can't stress this enough)

I have to confess that I, too, spend too much time on those websites. My conclusion is: I was a better "lifehacker" when I was 16 (quite some years ago).

[yters]

The best lifehacks I have I develop myself. Perhaps not as good as someone else's lifehack, but since I developed it, it is most effective for me.

However, reading lifehacking blogs is useful in retrospect. If I identify a hack I've already developed, I now have a frame of reference from which I can learn something useful from their hack.