32 People Who Discovered 'Life Hacks' for Some Everyday Tasks
People share the things they were doing wrong for so long, and what they learned was a better way to do them.
Published 2 years ago in Ftw
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My aunt is a physical therapist, she said that if people did simply one teeny tiny change in the way they walk, older people would be in better health.That oh so simple thing is just walking up steps by placing your whole foot on the step, and keeping your heel on the ground with each step. As opposed to having your heel hang off the step.That’s it. Requires zero additional effort, just changes the way you walk up stairs. What it does is increase hamstring strength. You already have enough thigh strength from general walking. The amount of older people she sees every day with weak hamstrings is wild.
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If you're trying to hang a picture by catching the crosswire on a nail in the wall, slide a fork down over the nail so the prongs are behind the nail head and the fork is angled away from the wall. Slide the wire down behind the fork, and it will be guided right onto the nail. Then just pull up the fork. Saves a dozen attempts to "catch" the nail on the wire.
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If you’re mounting something to the wall that has pre-designed holes on the back, rather than measure between the holes and try to space the nails/screws accordingly, stretch a single piece of painters tape (blue tape) across the back of the piece from just before the beginning of the first hole to just after the last one. Mark each hole with a pencil/pen on the painters tape, then place the tape on the wall and voila, you have a perfect mounting template. I suggest you do a quick check with a laser level on the wall just to make sure your marks are level before drilling.
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Opening a beverage can.I keep my fingernails very short and sometimes it would be a bit finicky to open the tab on a can.I was damn near 40 years old when my buddy showed me you’re supposed to push down on the hinge portion of the tab with your thumb to raise the other edge of the tab so you can get your finger under it. I felt like an idiot.
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Taking the safety cap off of deodorant.I used to try to get my finger nails under it and pop it off. They were quite a pain in the a*s to get off. In my late 20s my roommate was talking to me while unpacking her groceries and she opened her deodorant and just twisted up the stick so that the cap came off. I was shocked
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Cut bell peppers. For years I did it in a messy way where it got seeds everywhere.Then one day I decided that there was probably a better way so I watched YouTube.What you do is you cut the top and bottom off first, pull the seeds out in one piece, then cut down the sides and unroll it like paper. Then you cut the unrolled piece into strips.
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Emotional processing. If I was sad, I'd let myself be sad for a tiny bit, and then brush it off... Saying "I don't have time for this", or " I'm stronger than this", or "crying does no good"Then anger and frustration would build up until arguments over nothing would happen.I was shown how to "make space" for those "negative" emotions, and just *feel* them until they quieted on their own.Been doing that every time they show up, and the anger and frustration is gone. Most of the anxiety is gone too.Did it with fears too, which is making a *huge* difference in relationships.It's a good thing too; old me wouldn't be able to handle half the s**t that current me is shouldering.
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Washing my hair. Had bad dandruff from high school into my 20s.Turns out you don’t need to shampoo daily and less is more with conditioner.Shaved my head for 10 years just so my scalp could heal.Finally started going to a stylist and she explained it in a way I understood and now I have long luscious curls.
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