30 Fake-Sounding Life Hacks That Are Actually Lifesavers, Shared By People

"I did it once and it worked". The scientific method, everyone.

But my vacuum cleaner is a good boy.

My girlfriend's Labrador retriever went nuts when the vacuum came out... wanting to be groomed with it. If she wanted to vacuum the floors, she had to groom the dog first, or put him outside.

Amazing 😂

My dogs were afraid of it. They didn't try to defend me from it. My poor German shepherd hated cleaning day so much. I had him for 12 years and cleaned every week and I couldn't believe that he never ever got used to it.

hahehe you must not be neurodivergent. it has less to do with the time it will take than the effort it will take to get your mind set to do it

If only it were that easy! I have a case of anxiety driven procrastination. I can tell myself this over and over, but putting it in to practice is super hard for me. :(

usually though, things that take the average person 2 minutes, it takes me 2hrs

if it takes only two minutes I can still do it tomorrow...

Nothing takes two minutes to do, only a wee would take less time. Count me out on this one.

ummm how is this a life hack?

Micro breaks during the working day. Stretching a little or taking a walk outside, even if it's just the parking lot, will help your creativity flourish. Break time small talk can be beneficial. Staring out the window into the distance is not only good for the mind but also for the strained eyes. Any kind of work that requires a lot from the brain also requires a certain kind of recovery.

i bought a stand up desk for work so i can stand when i feel like it while being productive.

This is good! Thanks. Just like laundry is wash AND dry AND put away. Life is working with your brain AND physical activity AND social connection. I probably just said something ridiculous but it makes sense to me.

The guitar is better than zero. I agree.

did not knew this one although I use it to myself ... "Sure my lunch walk was shorter than usual, but 90% of co-workers did not even get out the building, let alone took a walk"

These are not examples for doing things poorly. They show 'the exercise/practise you do it better than the exercise/practise you don't do.'

Poorly like punctuation >.>

This is deep.

Get a clipboard, paper and a pen. Walk around the yard, and ask each person you meet a random question. Note it down. Then go on to the next person, preferably at the other end of the yard. You get lots of nice gentle exercise, but look busy.

In the Navy it was dust, mop, sweep or paint. In construction it's general housekeeping, there's always a mess/debris that needs cleaning

If thats what they do in the military, I've already started training.

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Not legit.

Good for those who can make it. Unfortunately, it doesn't work anymore for me. I tried this strategy of doing something unusual to remember things I did. After doing so for a while, I started to wonder if what I remembered doing was not from the other day. So my doubts came back.

Verbally saying it is hugely helpful. "I am locking the front door. The front door is locked." If it helps, you can take a picture to reference later. Not even joking.

As someone with short term memory issues, I can confirm if you say what you did out loud, you'll have a much better chance of remembering it.

My sister gets really bad anxiety and panic attacks about this. She's started taking a video saying it's off with the date and time. Works like a charm for her.

My greatest fear is forgetting to flush the toilet in a public bathroom so I always take a moment to say “we must remember this” after I flush it. The embarrassment of saying that out loud in public will linger for the rest of the day so I’ll definitely remember.

Then I remind those therapists that I have a condition that makes getting started on even the lightest of exercise nigh impossible, called depression. I f*cking hate this fact because telling people with depression to "just exercise, you'll feel better!" is like telling an asthmatic person "just breathe, you'll feel better!". Yeah, I know, but can you imagine for a second WHY I can't "just" do the thing you're telling me to do?

Not just exercise, but do SOMEthing, ANYthing that gets you moving.

It helps me. I ride at least eight miles a day.

That's like how they say that pregnancy helps stave off endometriosis... except that endo is the leading cause of infertility. Yes, it may work IF you can do it... But people with chronic, extreme depression (especially those with comorbidities like chronic illness or injury) may simply be unable to DO that.

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I used to workout every day after work. It does help, but getting yourself to do it is the trick. Even though I know it helps, just don't have the willpower anymore..

They drill this into our heads in boot camp; the point is to do it *right* before worrying about doing it fast. The more times you do it right, the faster you will get.

When I'm late or rushing too much for something I remember a line i heard somewhere, translated is 'Slow down,cause i'm in a hurry" and makes me stop for a couple of seconds and make a best way to skip unnecesary steps.

I read that quote in Phil Dunphy's voice.

...and the classic when faced with a large, overwhelming task, approach iit as though you were fixing to eat a figurative elephant. Dig in and take it one bite at a time. Before you know it you're getting sick and throwing up. Now you HATE the taste of elephant, but you've got all these left-overs....

Isn't that a line from "Days of Thunder"? 🤔