20 Helpful Life Hacks That Could Come In Handy

1.

“When I’m not feeling motivated to do stuff (especially cleaning): Method 1: set timer for 15 minutes. Clean for 15 minutes, rest for 15 minutes (Reddit, watch a show, whatever). Repeat. Method 2: set timer for 10 minutes. Watch a show/movie/play on your phone. When timer goes off complete one task (something quick like picking up all your clothes and throwing them into the hamper, or something longer like doing the dishes). Repeat.”

2.

“If you’re a person who likes to listen to music in the background while working, but who finds it distracting, you can play music from your favorite video games since the music in them is designed specifically to not distract you.”

3.

“If you think of something at night when you’re already in bed and are worried that you will forget it in the morning, throw something on the floor that isn’t supposed to be there, or turn your clock upside down… anything that is out of the ordinary. When you wake up in the morning, you’ll notice the thing and it’ll trigger your memory.”

4.

“Sometimes changing your pillowcase daily can help with acne. I use a clean t-shirt or a towel over my pillow to get the same effect.”

5.

“I use an old ketchup bottle to pour oil. The thing is, ketchup bottles have a little plastic rubber valve/film that only releases its contents when you squeeze the plastic bottle. So it helps you to not overpour oil when you’re cooking.”

6.

“When you are at a restaurant, wash your hands after ordering. The menu is generally one of the dirtiest things you can touch!”

7.

“I could never understand why a grater has that side with the tiniest holes. I had the following options in my mind: to make lemon zest or to grate nutmeg. Do you really need zest that often? Do you regularly grate nutmeg? Once my neighbor told me that this side is perfect for removing scales from fish. I had my doubts, but I tried. The result was a perfectly clean fish without a single scale and it took me only 2 minutes to do it. That’s what we need that side of the grate for!”

8.

“If you accidentally have caps lock on, instead of deleting it and starting over, you can highlight the caps and hit shift & F3 to switch it back to lowercase. Sadly, this method is not universal, I know for sure it works in Office, Outlook, and some other internal systems.”

9.

“Always better to microwave for longer on a lower power level, especially for leftovers. Trust me on this one, it heats up way more evenly.”

10.

“You can add bold, italics, and even strike-through in your WhatsApp messages. To bold up, you need to put an asterisk on either side of the word, like *this*, while italics needs an underscore on either side of a _word_, and for a strike-through, you need tildes just like ~this~.”

11.

“In the summer, I pour water with fabric softener into my car’s glass washer tank. It works much better than any anti-rain agent cleaner.”

12.

“When writing an email, leave the recipient email field blank until you’re ready to send it. This prevents accidental emails.”

13.

“I don’t have bad habits, but I live my financial life as a person who has them. Meaning every Monday I transfer the sum of one week’s worth of money that I would spend on my bad habit to my savings account. If people that earn less than me can afford bad habits, so can I.”

14.

“I try to add things up as portions of better, or more fulfilling things, like a coffee is 1/10 of a new game. 10 meals out is a weekend away, etc.”

15.

“Or another good one is “how much does x cost in workable hours?” When I was making $10/hr I pretty much stopped buying things because nothing I could buy was worth an hour or more of my time. “

16.

“After using a blender, immediately put a little dish soap and hot water inside and run it for a minute. This method might be common knowledge, but personally, I spent years setting it aside and then struggling to hand wash it later!”

17.

“If you put something down temporarily, say out loud, “I put the screwdriver by the microwave,” or whatever. This engages many more areas of the brain (particularly the language centers), which create a richer memory, making it less likely that you’ll forget where you put it.”

18.

“Every time you go to the beach, you are worried about if someone is going to steal your wallet while you are in the water. This problem can be solved — wash out an old (large) bottle of sunscreen and put your cell phone, keys, and money in it… Well, who would want to steal sunscreen? “

19.

“Start making a list or writing things down when someone mentions things they want/like. I’m horrible at gifts but I started doing this for my friends and it made way easier.”

20.

“I keep my laundry in boxes underneath my bed, organized by color. That way I won’t forget anything in the laundry basket, I just empty the whole thing into the washer. This also makes it easier to see what I have to wash first.”