30 Life-Savvy Folks Share Their “I Can’t Believe Other People Don’t Do This” Hacks

You can put a few band-aids in the note section of your purse or wallet. They take up no room, and are easy to find when you need them, no matter if it’s in a week or in 4 years time.

Edit: A “note”(short for bank note) is the British English term for paper money. Equivalent of an American English “bill” - $5 note = $5 bill.

When you order Chinese food and get anything that has a fried component, i.e. General Tso's chicken or orange beef or anything like that, order the sauce on the side.

That way if you have it delivered or pick it up the fried part will still be crispy because it hasn't sat in the sauce for too long and gotten soggy.

Freezing leftover coffee in an ice cube tray is a game-changer for iced coffee, no more watered-down drinks!

Buy a bulk pack of nail trimmers and hide them everywhere you can think of possibly needing to trim a hang nail - every bathroom, car, work bag / purse, etc.

Don’t throw away the veggie bits you peel or cut off. Put them in a bag and save it in the freezer. Keep adding to the bag, and use it for a broth when ready.

I learned this a couple months ago in a cooking sub and was surprised at how fast my first one filled up. We made a very flavorful broth from it and already have a second bag ready to go.

Use hand sanitizer to remove ink stains. .

I know everyone wants to go serious life hack mode here but


Eat muffins upside down because it won’t fall apart and you get that sweet muffin top last.

Something I still do even though technology has rendered it less effective is put groups of people in your phone's contact list starting with a less used letter.

All my employees first and last names have a small X before them, former employees have z's.

All my kids' friends had a small q before each name, and their parents.

When I was dating, women that I saved had a small V before their name and their city.

That way you can always sort by the letter when you can't remember a kid's friends mom's name, and look that way.

Very simple but the amount of people don’t know that Control/Command + Shift + T brings back the tab you closed by accident on chrome or whatever is crazy. It’ll even bring back entire windows if you accidentally close everything.

I buy my socks all at once, all identical. When I need socks I grab any 2 because they all match.

When one gets a hole, I throw one sock away, not a pair. When I start to run low I throw them all out, and start over.

The idea that people actually spend time sorting, pairing, and folding socks is insanity to me.