So, someone mentioned this ‘austin booker’ thing to me the other week. Said it was some kinda game-changer, but honestly, they were pretty vague about what it actually was. Sounded like one of those productivity hacks or maybe a specific person’s system people get hyped about online. Curiosity got the better of me, you know how it is. Had some downtime, so I figured, why not check it out?
First thing I did was just punch ‘austin booker’ into a search bar. Not much popped up, really. A few scattered mentions here and there, mostly forum chatter. No official site, no big manual, nothing solid. That was kinda the first red flag, maybe? Usually, if something’s legit, it’s easier to find. But I pushed on. Found a couple of blog posts, real personal anecdote types, talking about how they used the ‘austin booker’ approach for, I don’t know, planning projects or something.
Trying It Out
Okay, piecing together what little I found, it seemed like the core idea was about… breaking things down really, really small. Like, obsessively small. And then tracking them in a super specific way. Sounded tedious, but hey, I committed to giving it a real shot for a few days.
Day 1: Spent the morning just trying to set it up based on the scraps of info I had. Made a simple list of tasks for a small personal project I was working on. Then I tried breaking them down the ‘austin booker’ way. Man, it felt silly. Like, ‘open the document’ became a task. ‘Click save’ became a task. It took forever just to list out the steps for something simple.
Day 2-3: Tried to actually use the system. Ticking off those tiny tasks. Honestly, it felt more like busywork than actual progress. I spent more time managing the list than doing the work. Found myself getting annoyed. Is this really helping? Felt like I was drowning in micro-details.
What I Found
- Overkill: For most things I do, this level of breakdown is just way too much. It adds complexity instead of removing it.
- Time Sink: The setup and maintenance took up way more time than I saved, if any.
- Demotivating: Ticking off ‘opened the file’ doesn’t exactly give you a sense of accomplishment, you know?
Maybe it works for some super specific type of brain or project, I don’t know. For me? It was a bust. Felt like one of those things that sounds clever in theory but falls apart in practice. It didn’t fit how I naturally work or think at all.
So, yeah. After about three days, I ditched it. Went back to my usual messy-but-functional way of getting things done. Sometimes you gotta try these things to know they’re not for you. That was my little experiment with the whole ‘austin booker’ idea. Glad I looked into it, even if it just confirmed that my old way works fine for me. No magic bullet found this time.
