Thursday, August 20, 2020

Simple Life Hacks Everyone Should Know


Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about some simple life hacks that folks should keep in their back pockets. It could be something like making meditation a habit, and noticing its gradual yet profound positive impact in one's daily mental health; or maybe fighting back against some acne by changing that pillowcase often. Also, owning up to mistakes can spare someone a whole lot of unnecessary emotional stress. 

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Text - Ripmypoorpoorkarma • 4h 5 Awards Manners and general politeness will get you far and become the norm with but a small amount of practice. I'm not talking overboard "m'lady" but a simple please and thank you with a genuine smile. Reply 7.5k

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Text - greenchimpanzee • 7h 3 Awards To confirm which circuit breaker is associated to an outlet, plug in an old radio and turn the volume up before you flip the circuit breaker. Reply 17.6k ...

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Text - SoupPoops • 5h 1 Award If you want to wear something white/ light in color, wear underwear that matches the color of your skin, not white. Reply 23.6k ...

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Text - lunalovegoop • 9h S 4 Awards Sometimes changing your pillow case daily can help with acne. I use a clean t-shirt over my pillow to accomplish the same effect. Reply 1 24.6k ...

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Text - OneWholePirate • 8h Not necessarily a "hack" per se, but learn some basic knife skills, the amount of time you will save chopping vegetables a few times a week (minimum) for the rest of your life far outweighs the amount of time it takes to learn, plus you can use the extra time to keep the kitchen clean and that makes everything less stressful while you're cooking and makes the cleanup faster as well Reply 2.0k ...

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Text - Spicylemon • 7h 2 Awards You will often have to make decisions in life without being able to know all the information related to the choices. Being able to identify what you don't know is invaluable. It allows you to make assumptions and contingency plans if those assumptions fail. I want to slap every person that quips, "If you assume, you make an ass out of u and me." You cannot function in life without making assumptions. The trick is to identify them as such so that you can be better

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Text - TorrenceMightingale • 8h If you bring something to someone's house that you don't want to forget, put your keys with it, assuming you can trust the people there. Also, get a Tile or similar Bluetooth device so you never lose your keys or phone again. Reply 5.5k ...

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Text - kpssble • 7h 適1Award If you want to open a glass jar (like jam, pickles) and the lid won't move, place a spoon with the tip under the edge of the lid and pull the spoon upwards. The lid will buldge and you can open the jar. Reply 4.1k ...

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Text - androidis4lyf • 3h 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. Reply 254 ...

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Text - Glitch_in_the_pink • 7h S O 18 Awards If you accidently 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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Text - VLC31 • 4h 1 Award When moving house, always set up your bedroom/ make the bed first so when your exhausted and just had enough you can fall into bed. Nothing worse than being exhausted and having to make the bed before getting into it. Reply 10.2k ...

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Text - pdxblazer • 9h 2 Awards If you fucked up-- admit it (unless you are talking to cops) But in most situations just admitting how you were wrong and accepting responsibility is so much easier than trying to blame someone or something else or make up an excuse When you own the mistake it puts the onus back on the other person to accept that, be mature and move on. If you try and deny or shift blame it forces that person to examine those reasons and if they are BS, come back at you, dragging t

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Text - notreallysrs • 8h 1 Award if you want someone to get more mad you tell them to "calm down". Reply 13.3k ...

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Text - Primarch459• 9h 1 Award Eat Cheetos with chopsticks. Reply 5.9k ...

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Text - 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. Also, if you're a home cook... sharpen your knives often. Thought of a few more tips: • love chives and parsley in your eggs/omelettes/ anything else, but hate the hassle of cu

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Text - Thisisnotsky • 9h 3 1 Award Turn Natural Peanut Butter, the ones where the oil seperates and you have to mix it, upside down for a few hours. It will bring the oil to the top and make it alot easier to mix! Then, after you mix it, put it in the fridge and the cold will solidify the oil so you don't have to mix it again.

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Text - gogojack • 8h 1 Award Seriously? 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. They're not alone. The thing is, paying your bills when they arrive doesn't cost you anything extra.

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Text - Rab1227 • 6h Tell the people you love that you love them, more often. Reply 923 ...

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Text - ForceSensitiveKitten • 5h In a pinch, the seatbelt in your car can be used as a bottle opener. Reply 762 ...

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Text - LexiPietenpol • 7h When you're in a group of people and they start laughing, see who looks at each other. People look at the people they feel closest to when laughing Reply 1 9.2k ...

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Text - 7_Metanoia_7 • 5h Meditation could save you 15% or more on life satisfaction Reply 654 ...

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Text - OneMoreMulligan • 8h N S 3 Awards You don't actually need to keep contact with your family. If a relationship with them causes any anguish, you're allowed to cut them out. Their failures aren't yours. Reply 4.8k

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Text - trendz19 • 7h 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 rescue team do what they're supposed to. Unless you are in hypothermic waters, the best bet always is to stay afloat without trying to swim to somewhere. This information about falling overboard, hypothermia and conditions, survival a

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Text - sinohroo • 7h If you make a mistake, don't hide it. Own up to it when you realise your mistake. But when you "confess" to your mistake, have a solution ready to suggest. That way, you're accepting responsibility but you're also moving the focus to the solution. You'll be seen as proactive rather than error prone. Reply 155 ...

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