Alexis Krystina – The Lifestyle Blog The Top 7 Productivity Hacks You Can’t Live Without I am a productivity queen, let’s start there.  When I was 10, the #1 gift at the top of my Christmas list was a fucking planner—if that’s not type A, I honestly don’t know what is. For as long as I can remember, I would make my chores a game—like how fast can I empty the dishwasher—and in doing that I discovered many many shortcuts and various ways to streamline things. Streamlining tasks and finding ways to increase my productivity became a lifestyle for me.