So, I heard about this “Cian Hamilton” approach a while back. Everyone was buzzing about it, you know, like it was the next big thing to sort out your life, your projects, everything. Sounded pretty good on paper, I gotta admit.
I decided to give it a whirl. My own little experiment. I thought, “Okay, let’s try this Cian Hamilton thing on my personal project workflow.” It was supposed to be all about synergy and dynamic alignment, or some fancy words like that. I bought into it. Hook, line, and sinker.
What a mess that turned into.
I started by trying to map out everything according to its principles. Drew diagrams, made lists, bought new stationery – the whole nine yards. For a week, I felt super productive, like I was on top of the world. But then, things started to get complicated. The “dynamic alignment” just meant I was constantly changing things. The “synergy” felt more like I was just making more work for myself, connecting dots that didn’t need connecting.
- My simple to-do list became a monstrous flowchart.
- Quick tasks got bogged down in so-called “Hamiltonian processes.”
- Instead of getting more done, I was just busy managing the system.
It felt like I was trying to build a rocket ship just to go to the grocery store. Everything became over-engineered. My desk, once a haven of creative chaos, looked like a command center for a mission I didn’t even understand anymore. And the project itself? It stalled. Badly.
You might be wondering why I’m even bothering to share this. Well, it’s because this whole Cian Hamilton episode happened during a really rough patch for me.
I’d just been let go from a job. Not because of performance, oh no. It was one of those “restructuring” things, which basically means a bunch of us were suddenly out on the street. I was scrambling, trying to pick up freelance work, anything to keep the lights on. My confidence was shot. I remember sitting in my tiny apartment, staring at the bills piling up, feeling completely overwhelmed.
That’s when I stumbled upon Cian Hamilton. It was marketed as this foolproof way to achieve peak efficiency and success. And in my desperation, I guess I was looking for a magic wand. I thought if I could just organize myself perfectly, if I could just follow this system, then everything would fall into place. The freelance gigs would roll in, the money worries would disappear.
So, I threw myself into it. Spent hours I should have been using to find actual work, instead trying to perfect this abstract system. My wife, bless her heart, kept asking if I was okay. I’d snap back that I was “optimizing my workflow.” Looking back, I was just avoiding the real problem, hiding in a complex system because I was too scared to face the uncertainty.
The breaking point came one evening.
I was trying to “Hamilton-ize” my grocery list. Seriously. I had categories, sub-categories, optimal routing through the supermarket… and I just broke down. Staring at this overly complicated piece of paper, I realized how ridiculous it all was. I wasn’t being productive; I was just being busy in a way that made me feel even more out of control.
I crumpled up the list, and all the Cian Hamilton charts along with it. It was a huge relief, like a weight had been lifted.
The next day, I went back to basics. Simple to-do list on a notepad. Focused on sending out job applications and networking. It wasn’t fancy, but it was real. Slowly, things started to turn around. I landed a few small freelance projects, then a more stable contract. It was hard work, no shortcuts, no magical systems.
So, that’s my experience with the whole Cian Hamilton craze. Maybe it works for some people, I don’t know. But for me, it was a distraction, a complicated solution to a problem that needed a simple, direct approach. Sometimes, you just gotta ditch the fancy instruction manual and figure things out your own way, especially when you’re just trying to keep your head above water. Now, I stick to what works for me, even if it’s not trendy or doesn’t have a cool name. Just plain old getting things done.
