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23 Life Hacks That Are So Simple Yet So Effective That More People Should Be Aware Of
Article created by: Austėja Bliujūtė
Everyone loves a good life hack, right? Especially when you can finally make your life a little bit easier by simply using them. You may save some time, materials and more easily deal with things that constantly make you nervous. For example, I believe quite a few of us have struggled with the garlic smell on our hands after cooking a meal. Well, apparently touching stainless steel can remove it easily. Or did you know an easier way to remove gum from the carpet? Basically, you can put a bag filled with ice cubes on top of the gum and wait for approximately thirty minutes. Once the gum is solid, break it apart and extract it from the carpet.
Well, one Reddit user recently posed a question asking folks online to share a life hack that's so simple yet so effective that it shocks them that more people don't know about it. So scroll through them, upvote your favorites and share your easy life hacks below!
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#1
When looking at recipes online, click the print link. This cuts out the unnecessary backstory and random musings. You can also save the recipe as a PDF to your computer or even just the link to the printable version.
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#2
Library cards are worth their weight in gold.
My physical library comes with (mostly for free)
* Tool rentals
* laptop rentals
* studio rental space (video cameras, audio equipment)
* 3D printer usage in library
* woodshop
* sewing kits
* free classes
* This with the usual book rentals
Digitally/web-wise, my library card comes with
* Digital movie checkout
* Hoopla
* Libby
* kanopy
* Free subscription to skillshare
* Free subscription to linkedin learning (lynda if you're old)
* free ebook app
* free online courses (very limited though)
* Udemy
* Language learning apps
* Virtual Workshops
Along with other community events for people of all ages. Everyone should get a library card.
*Edit to add other prominent features mentioned*
#3
If you get something that comes with a unique charger/power cable, label it with what it’s for.
#4
Spend an hour finding something in your house? When you are done with it put it in the first place you looked.
#5
When you finish a bath or shower, before toweling off, rub your hands over your body like a windshield wiper in a car to get off excess water. You brush off a ton of water, meaning there's a lot less to towel off after and less dripping into the floor. Takes only a few seconds and keeps your bathroom from getting soaked while you dry yourself with a towel.
#6
To increase your peace of mind don't waste your time arguing with random strangers on internet.
Binky Melnik 8 months ago
I used to be the epitome of the cartoon where the wife tells her husband to come to bed and he says “I can’t; someone’s wrong in the internet!” Letting go of that nonsense was ridiculously freeing. We can’t fix everyone (and especially the extra-stupid), so if we can simply let go of all the windmill-tilting, life improves remarkably!
#7
Buy a bunch of the same style and color socks and you never have to match socks again. I have a drawer with just socks, and every time I reach in and grab two...I have a pair of matching socks. Game changer.
Binky Melnik 8 months ago
I’m so lucky! The Bombas folks donated a pair for everyone in my building, and everyone for whom the socks were too small gave ‘em to me, so I know have two DOZEN pairs of black Bombas socks! I’m ridiculously happy about it, and I threw away all my other crappy, non-Bombas socks and will wear these for the rest of my life. They’re stupidly comfortable!
#8
Hack 1: When you paint a room and remove the light switch plate, on the inside of the plate write down the color of the paint you used and the brand. Great for when you need to repaint a spot a couple of years later.
Hack 2: After you wash and dry a set of sheets, put the top sheet, bottom sheet and pillow case all inside of one of the pillow cases. Then you have the whole set together in one neat little package and don't have to look for matching sheets and pillow cases.
Binky Melnik 8 months ago
“Matching”? 🤪Yeah, I grew up that way, too, but a couple years after leaving home, I realized I can mix and match and have MUCH funner bed linens.
#9
I am extremely organized except where my keys were concerned. I lost them several times a week. Then I saw the comedian Jon Richardson saying that people with keys are "putters" or "leavers" I was a leaver, leaving my keys lying around so i decided to be a putter. As soon as I get in i PUT my keys straight into my bag. It seems so stupid but it totally works and has saved me a lot of stress!
Bacon Tentacles 8 months ago
Keys, wallet, watch - all go into the same place as soon as I get home. No regrets.
#10
Store cans of baked beans upside down so you don't have to scrape them out the bottom when you open the can.
#11
The 5 minute rule - If you have something that needs doing, and it can be accomplished in 5 minutes, or less, then why not do it immediately?
#12
Create a routine for BEFORE exercise. I do the exact same things every time I go to the gym. When I'm not motivated, those little pre workout habits just trigger me into action.
#13
From working technical support for longer than I dare think about, most angry customers just want to be heard. Let them have their rant, do active listening, and make notes about what they're saying. They will eventually run out of steam. Then, read back everything they talked about and go through it step by step. Works almost every time, and often they are very thankful by the end of the call.
Binky Melnik 8 months ago
When I was a kid, getting yelled at was followed by a beating. I grew up with that hard-wired into me: Someone yells at me and I (so I’ve been told) physically shrink into myself and clam up, apparently expecting to be hit. That’s likely why I didn’t like tech support: Once I was yelled at, I’d shut down, and often after the call, I’d sit quietly sobbing, prolly grateful I wasn’t hit? I wish I’d learned this tip back then; coulda saved a lotta wrecked eye makeup.
#14
My grandmother always said that if you feel terrible, get out of bed, take a shower, do your hair and put on clothes, down to your shoes, and have a good meal. Either this will fix it or you're dressed and fed and in a better place to deal with the problem.
She was right.
Bacon Tentacles 8 months ago
Physical activity of any kind definitely helps with depression. Also, make your bed if you have the energy. For me, seeing a nicely made bed when I go to climb into it at night just hits different.
#15
If you're putting together furniture, leave all the screws a little loose.
Finish the whole thing.
Place it where its going to be.
Wiggle it so it settles into place.
THEN tighten all the bolts. No wobble!
#17
Percentages are reversible. Working out 4% of 50 will give you the same result as 50% of 4
Mike Goslin 8 months ago
not really a life hack. More like paid attention in 5th grade math. You can multiply numbers in any order and it comes out the same. works for addition too.
#18
If you want a comfortable pair of high heels, invest in a pair of dance heels.
Lots of beautiful designs and colors, designed to be flexible and comfortable. Worth every penny.
Just make sure they’re not felt-soled if you plan on wearing them outdoors. A good quality pair from a company like Repetto are worth getting rubber-soled if they aren’t already.
Your feet will thank you.
ETA: So glad some of you found this helpful. My mother has permanent foot deformation from wearing heels daily since 1977 and my discovery of wearing dance heels was born out of my desire to look elegant but avoid pain and disfigurement!
Binky Melnik 8 months ago
Now *this* is a tip I can use! Thanks to a tumor in one foot and a neuroma in the other, I’ve not been able to wear heels for about 15 years, and have felt stupid wearing Tims to funerals and weddings. It never crossed my mind to get dance shoes, but now I can’t wait to save up for a pair!
#19
If you have an itchy mosquito bite, hear up a spoon under semi-hot water (like 45-50°C), dry it off and tap or press it on the bite. Just as short as you can tolerate it but also as long as possible.
The heat dissolves the protein that makes the mosquito bite itch.
Data1001 8 months ago
I actually bought a device on Amazon that has a suction on one side and the other side has an element that heats up (not so much that it will actually burn your skin). This has been great so far for itchy insect bites. Sometimes the heat will be all I need, sometimes I'll use it in combination with the suction.
#20
When driving for long periods. Turn off recirculating air. One of the reasons you get tired in the car is not from lack of sleep but from too much co2 in the car. You ever been so tired driving home and when you get home you’re no longer tired. It’s because of lack of oxygen in the car. Especially if you have passengers in the car.
#21
Casseroles provide far more servings with far less cost and effort of many other dishes.
#22
Sick of losing socks in the laundry? Wash them in one of those mesh garment bags. I never lose them and it’s so much easier to put them away when you’re only sorting through them out of the bag than across the whole pile of shirts and whatever else out of the dryer.
#23
If you're making coffee in an automatic drip coffee maker, especially a cheap one, leaving a little bit of water in the carafe (about an ounce ir so) will significantly improve the flavor.
It prevents the first bit of brewed coffee from becoming scorched from the hot plate and flavoring the entire pot.
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