58 Simple Life Hacks That Might Make You Wonder How You Managed Without Them

This is gonna sound weird, but I found a trick for whenever I get that pressure feeling in my inner ears and it works! I get a lot of ear infections and always have since I was a child. When I was in my teens I remember I had a severe ear infection and I put cotton balls in my ears. Whenever I have sinus pressure or feel like I have swelling in my ear canal I just put a small cotton ball in each ear and sleep with them in. I tell everyone who complains of ear pressure. Obviously this is not a guarantee, but if you catch it in time, it might just help!

Pressing tongue against palate to stop brain freeze.

Talking out loud to do your to-do list. Makes your brain take it more seriously - or maybe just makes it scared.

Put a dry paper towel in with clean, washed, drained lettuce and herbs, seal in ziplock bag. Lasts so much longer.

I don't know how this works, but you can extend the signal of your car key fob by holding it against your neck, between the side of your neck and your Adam's apple. I've tested it, it seems to work, somebody showed me how to do it, none of us knows why it works.

Rubbing Vicks Vapo Rub on the bottom of your feet, then socks, stops a pesky cough at night....it works!

Cut the ends off a kiwi, and put a spoon just under the skin (with the indent side of the spoon touching the kiwi) and go around and around. It’ll peel the kiwi..

When my kids have someone come play and any space in our house gets trashed I tell them, “go pick 30 things up” and because they can keep track and do it quickly- there is zero whining about it. Usually they say, “I did 55!” Bragging about more cleaning. But it also only takes 1-2 times to clean it up and they realize it just looked like a bigger mess than it was.

Ants are the indicator we aren’t keeping the kitchen clean enough. As soon as I do that, they go away and only come back when I’ve slacked off again.

Microwave corn on the cob with husks on, cut off at the stem side, grab the silk and they slip right out of the husk. It put corn on the cob back on the rotation.

If you get a drop or two of your blood on clothes or linens, spit on it to remove the blood. The enzymes in your saliva remove the blood from the fabric. It’s brilliant.

Keeping a small sack in the freezer for odd bits from the cutting board and meat packaging in order to prevent bugs and smells to conserve bin liners. alongside, rinsing food tins, I almost never have to empty the bin, and everything that goes in is non-recyclable dry waste until there's just enough room for my sack, then out it goes. I don't bother with chicken supremes, frozen pies, or any of that sort of rubbish, so there's always plenty of room.

Store marshmallows in the fridge to keep them from getting hard
Store honey on top of the fridge. The heat keeps it from crystallizing.

If you have hiccups, put a napkin or paper towel over the top of a cup of water. Bend forward from the waist, and chug the cup of water “backwards” (meaning tilt it toward your mouth from under your chin - the opposite angle from the way you would normally drink). Something about the amount of mental focus needed to accomplish the task combined with the way you need to regulate your own breathing while doing said task works like a charm. Every time. Has never failed me or anyone I’ve suggested it to.

Wrap a paper towel around your sandwich when keeping it in a ziplock bag. It keeps the moisture from making the bread soggy.

You can stop a sneeze by gently caressing the roof of your mouth with your tongue.

Instead of going for orange juice for a cold do pineapple juice instead.

If you need to chill a can quickly wrap a wet paper towel around said can and pop in freezer for a few minutes.

Sticking your tongue out while cutting onions keeps your eyes from watering.

If you stop eating sugar, your pms symptoms improve significantly.