30 Life Hacks People Have Used Since They Discovered Them Because They Actually Work

This is true. And something it took me years to learn. I'm a bit of a perfectionist but in real life that often works out to procrastination. "I don't have time to do all of that job properly right now so I'll do it tomorrow" or whatever. Especially as I've been slowing down some due to age / health, I've had to embrace that doing some of the dishes and then sitting down for a while because your back hurts is still better than doing none of the dishes - and so on for whatever chore / project.

There is some truth to this and sometimes just getting started can lead to doing more than you thought you could or wanted to do.

My similar approach is I'll set the time for 10 minutes and then I can stop.

If the tasks is big, take small bites.

Do you EVER get full a*sed ?

The streaks are how I tell whether the window cleaner has been. I live 2 floors up and the windows open outward!

How the hell do you get your windows horizontal ???

What a good idea!!!

Hmmm. I'm a retired tech writer from Silicon Valley. I had a sign reading "RTFM" on the wall in my cubicle.

These days accessing the manual seems to be a choice of a/ learn a foreign language, b/ download it, or c/ it's completely missing.

I once had a nun ask me what RTFM meant. "Read the Fact-filled Manual", I replied.

Just take a look, you'll see it may be shorter than it seems: divided on different languajes, FAQ that more than once says 'turn it in and off' or 'be sure the power is on' What I do is rip all the useless pages si all my manuals are about 25% sise than the original. Saves space too.

My Grandfather told me a story about how he was always asked to fix the machines at work because he was the only one who could do it: "All I did was read the manual".

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I am the opposite. I can go to bed with dishes in the sink and clothes unfolded. I am a morning person and will do it all before I leave for work. I want to come to a clean house I know that I can relax in the evening.

Turning on the dishwasher every night collides with my habit of turning it on (only) when it's full. Whatever time of the day it is. Talk energy and water consumption.

I read an article about how someones house burned up from putting the dishwasher on at night. Now i throw them in after dinner and start them.

That's just normal for us. Every day. Habit for a long time (thanks mom!).

We have done this our entire lives. We keep a clean house and put away all the dishes and clean up before bed each night. It's easier to keep clean house clean than cleaning a dirty house.

I learned this working hospitality. Although I've left hospitality I can't leave dirty glasses on the table in the pub. I've also been known to clear other tables too when the bar is busy at least one of my regular bars.

Yuck. lmao

I taught my step daughter to do this. She was terrible for leaving dirty crockery etc in all the rooms of the house. She's much better now.

This isn't home related but I wish people at my job would do that with the clean dishes while I'm washing them and set them on the clean side after sanitizing 😒

I always try this. It really helps...

Except when they change the layout every week.

I will group loosely like veggies if I think about it but I just scan the list as I go through each area of the store. I am capable of crossing off apples or cucumber even if it is further down the list. For me, that is likely faster than taking the time to sort my list order.

Wouldn't work in my local. They rearrange the layout every fecking week! It dives me mad!

I don't do that but I do see what is on my list and try to pick things in order. Most times it works but sometimes I miss something and then have to backtrack,

The supermarket largely writes my list for me by what they put in my personal offers. I refuse to pay full price for anything if I don't habe to. I bought enough milk for 2 weeks today as they have only been giving the me the offer on milk once a fortnight.

I do this with my kids. I absolutely refuse to tell them "because I said so!" It makes it surprisingly easy to get them to do things they don't otherwise want to do.