Hey Pandas, Share A Life Hack Of Any Kind

Refer to them as tips instead of "life hacks" to stop yourself looking sad.

Being kind produces the most remarkable results

I have a lot of these because I am old. My favorite is "do one useful thing every day". That's all. But, because this seems to be a practical life hack post, here's mine. Boiling silver (jewelry, silverware, etc.) in an aluminium pot with bicarbonate of soda / baking powder, will instantly polish the silver. Much less hassle than actual silver polish. Not that many people HAVE silverware, but it helped me clean in my gran's house.

If someone asks if you are (a) INSERT RUDE THING HERE just say yes and they will stop being mean.

Don't do as I do, do as I say. There, that should cover everything.

Windows + v for a list of the cache to paste
Ctrl + alt + v for pasting text without format

If your candles are burning too low to reach the wick, light a piece of uncooked spaghetti. It’ll reach into those deep candles and burn long enough to light the candles on grandpa’s birthday cake! :D

Trying to put a coat on a toddler can be a hassle as they are starting to show independence. My hack:
1) Lay the coat, on its back, on the floor with the arms out to the side.
2) Have child stand, facing the coat, by the collar.
3) Child bends over, puts arms into the coat's arms.
4) As child stands up, while pushing their arms into the coat, they flip the it over their head..
Ta da - coat on and happy, giggly child.

Do something you don't really like to do (household chores, exercise, read etc) for just 10 minutes a day. If you want to do it for longer, go for it, but aim at just 10 min. It's a very short time, but it'll add up!

Don't be a d**k. Everything else will get better.

If you have a cough, just cough once then say "et cetera". It will save you the bother of having to cough more.

The 'clipboard history' feature in Windows changed my life.

One time I used it as a coworker was looking over my shoulder. "That's not gonna work." he said, as I copied one line after the other from an excel sheet into the clipboard. As I started copying line after line out of the clipboard, he was totally flabbergasted. "Yes, that changed my life, too." I said, as he went back to his computer to switch the feature on. ;)

If you got stung by a Mosquito rub the inside of a banana peel on it to reduce the itching. The inside of a banana peel can also be used to polish leather shoes.

Buy a whole turkey breast from the grocery store. Make/find a delicious rub, and then slow-smoke it using mesquite wood. When finished, slice it thin and freeze it for EPIC sandwich meat!

Incremental progress is still progress. If you improve yourself by .01% a day for the rest of your life and you only live another 30 years, you will be 110% better than you were when you started.

Smile. It makes people wonder what you have been getting up to...

Format Painter in MS Word.

One useful one I saw on the net...if pouring from a carton that's fairly full, if possible ensure that the pouring hole is at the top (ie further from the receptable - not allow cartons open that way). That allows air into the carton and allows it to pour smoothly, stopping it "burping" and sloshing.

I have many life hacks but a fav is: Snipping the corner of an envelope and using it to funnel dry ingredients. Everything slides much better than with plastic or silicon funnels. It is also cheap, easy, lasts a long time, and you don't have to wash it!

Never disregard a gut feeling