Life is hard and full of unpredictable stuff. That’s why accumulating experience and finding small life hacks along the way can drastically improve your journey as you move forward. These life hacks don’t have to be something profound or cost a million dollars. Very often, it’s the simple things that make our lives more comfortable and pleasant to live.
Whether it’s household hacks like how to best take care of your favorite frying pan to make it serve you longer, or life hacks for excluding toxic people from your life (better yet, recognizing them and not letting them into it in the first place), every piece of knowledge can become a game-changer for someone.
The beauty of such lifestyle hacks is their simplicity. They don’t require any sophisticated knowledge or even particular skills. But once someone shares them with you or you discover them absolutely by chance, you can’t help but think, “How come I’ve never realized this before?”
Luckily, the internet is full of useful life hacks. As soon as people discover something simple but incredibly useful, they usually want to share it with others who might need this knowledge. For this article, we collected some of the best life hacks the online community has to offer. Which one of these made you go “This is something I really needed to know!”? Do you have a simple but invaluable life hack you would like to share with us? Head over to the comment section and let us know.
#21
"Train yourself to always keep an eye out for things that need to go in the direction you are going. If you are about to go downstairs, does any item nearby need to go with you? Perhaps a cup can be brought to the sink on your way to the bathroom."
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18points
#24
"For the love of God, wear sunscreen, please! Doesn’t matter what weather, or how dark it looks, if you don’t technically go outside for that long each day. The sun is a deadly laser people."
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17points
#25
"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."
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16points
#26
"Simple, learn how to manage your money. I think it should be taught in school. So many young people waste money on stuff they don’t really need. Always have a rainy day stash."
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16points
#27
"When cooking, clean as you go! It has changed my experience in the kitchen significantly!"
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16points
#29
"No matter how good person you are, at some point, you will be the bad guy in someone else’s story. You can’t please everyone, and you shouldn’t try to. Be a good person, and have friendships with people you can respect and look up to."
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15points
#31
"Pay your bills when they arrive, not when they're due.
Banks, credit card companies, mortgage lenders, utility services, etc. absolutely love, love, love it when people wait until the last minute to pay their bills. When I signed up with my bank, I read the agreement and got the personal banker to concede that yes...they made a lot of money off late fees.
The thing is, paying your bills when they arrive doesn't cost you anything extra. If you can get into the habit, you'll always be ahead of the curve, and if something comes up which necessitates you holding off on a bill, you've got a couple of weeks to figure it out."
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15points
#32
"If you ever fall off a ship/ferry at sea and were lucky enough to be spotted - don't try to swim your way to safety. The more you try to swim, the lesser the chances of survival. Just try to keep afloat and conserve energy (and body heat) while the rescue team does what they're supposed to. Unless you are in hypothermic waters, the best bet always is to stay afloat without trying to swim somewhere. This information about falling overboard, hypothermia and conditions, survival at sea, etc are based on my own experience of 12 years sailing on merchant ships."
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15points
#34
"Take a shower before bed, not when you wake up. This allows your bed sheets to stay cleaner and not become a cesspool of bacteria from the day prior."
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15points
#35
"When you're cooking and the recipe calls for onions and garlic, don't put the garlic into the pan until the onion is nearly translucent. Garlic cooks way faster than onions do, if you throw them in at the same time it won't taste as good/the garlic will burn. It literally takes 30 seconds for minced garlic to cook."
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14points
#36
"Whenever you have a time to be somewhere, aim to be there 15 minutes early, to allow for time snags or for traffic. People respect punctuality."
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14points
#37
"Get into a routine of stretching your hip flexors and chest if you sit for long periods. Absolute game changer for people who suffer with chronic lower back pain as a result of being hunched over a desk."
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14points
#38
"Find friends where it is a 2-way relationship. You're there for them and they're there for you. Make each other better people."
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14points
#39
"If you're having trouble getting your baking paper to fit your tray, scrunch it up first and then unfurl it. It stays in the pan easier and fits like a dream."
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14points
#40
"Buy a pack of bagels. Slice them all into halves (the way you usually do before you chuck them in the toaster.) Put them back into the pack/plastic bag/whatever and into the freezer. The result, pre-sliced bagel you were going to toast anyway + no chance of mould and waste."
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14points
