You know what I find simultaneously annoying and irresistible? The umpteen thousand or so articles out there on “life hacks.” See “50 Life Hacks to Simplify Your World,” “99 Life Hacks to Make Your Life Easier,” “40 Life Hacks That Will Change Your Life!” Yes, yes, and yes! All of the above! Who doesn’t like simplification, ease and change? Not me. And all of this actually came from a practical place. The first “hacks” out there seemed to be genuinely useful things – how to tell how fresh an egg is, how to use a post-it to clean the crap out of your keyboard. But recently I’ve seen hacks for how to get to know a person fast (!!), how to learn a foreign language, and how to feel confident (????). Is it true then, can anything be hacked? Is there a hack for writing a beautiful poem (um, is it called haiku?) or creating a piece of art?