30 Useful Life Hacks That Are Worth Noting

I take groups of 10-15 kids in field trips with work (when you go to a park a see 100 kids wearing the same shirt, that's us). For the kindergartners I put making take with our site name and cell phone number on the back of their shirts. That way they can't pick it off and the info is there if needed. I've also written my cell number on kids hands with permanent marker (it's gone by the end of day) when helping with a poorly supervised school trip with kids that had some severe allergies. Even if the kid's unresponsive I could be contacted.

I knew my parents' names and my address by the time I was 3. I can't remember the number now (75 years later) but it was Day Avenue, Richmond, CA. 325-C, I think.

Write your phone number on their hand. I had a kid approach me once at a crowded market and ask me if I could call the number on his hand. His mum appeared just then, but it would have worked great.

Yeah, yeah. "Let me see your collar, little boy. Oh, your name is Hanes!" ...paranoia at its finest.

I remember when my kids were little, and people would say they would memorize what their kids were wearing. I thought many times what a horrible mother I'd look like because I had no idea what they were wearing.

Smart

I really wish my husband would learn this method 😂 He seems to think there is a kitchen hand elf hiding in the cupboard and makes as much mess as possible.

Yep - clean as you go, the only way! The kitchen is almost always cleaner after I'm done cooking. I wish my wife would get on board with this!!

If you are not good at multitasking, this leads to many burnt dinners.

Plus, the eggs will be carbonized, which saves you all the trouble of eating them.

And plan your menus. It makes it so much easier to make the list and stick to it.

And don't go swimming when you are thirsty - rookie mistake!

And New Zealanders, the Countdown app is awesome for shopping lists. It automatically sorts your items by aisle and displays the aisles in the order you come to them.

Mostly... but often what is on the list might not be on sale, what is on sale is not on the list such as various fruits, meats, cheeses.

As soon as you run out of something, add it to your list if it's something you buy regularly. Get a list app and keep it on your phone, with subdivisions for the various stores you shop at.

No one can have zero food waste.

I put items on my list in the order of the aisles in the store so that when I buy my last item, I am in the last aisle. Real timesaver.

I do lists, but always end up buying more, especially snacks ;D

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We always have a list and I make meals with similar ingredients. At the end of the week, any leftover food get made into a soup or into some sort of pasta salad. Any left over meat or veggies get tossed in one pot and since the ingredients were picked to go together, the flavors work out really well.

Same.

Exactly!

Have a thumbs up......

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I see what you did there

Ba..dum..tiss!

Snort.

My index finger from tip to "base" knuckle (the one that connects finger and palm) is 10cm, tip to "second" knuckle (the next one) is 5cm. It's been so useful to know that every once in a while.

I called it my no ho bag.

Pilots (and military) call it a go bag. Though we have emergency stuff in it too…

I assume he was the ho and not someone he might hook up with ...

I used mine as a ho bag.

Derived from a go bag

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You called your friend a ho bag?

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Yeah, "chatting with a friend until 2 am"... of course

Or a "go bag"

Set all the clocks in your house back 10 min. She'll think you're on time, not early. lol

Seriously? My ex was almost never on time for anything . Drove me just crazy.

I do it too, & it drives my husband bananas! Long before we met I used to time things so I would be punctual. But it only takes 1 accident slowing traffic or 1 missed bus connection to make you late.

Ditto!! I have to Push my wife to be on time... ;)