Want to learn a few crazy tricks to deal with the crazy stuff when life gets you down? Knowing is half the battle, and in this case – you may end up teaching these tricks to your friends. Keep reading for a list of life hacks you’ll wish you’d known for years.
- Make your alarm clock louder. Sounds crazy, right? Wrong! Getting your iPhone to actually wake you up can be a major challenge for some of us. Place it inside a cup for amplified sound.
- Want a super-cool way to organize your cleaning products? Use an over-the-door shoe rack in your pantry or basement door to sort and keep cleaning products out of reach of kids.
- For icey cold water at the gym, store your water bottles in the freezer half full. When you pull them out, fill with water for the perfect temp.
- Stretch out new shoes by throwing on a thick pair of socks and blow drying the tight spots.
- Frustrated when you can’t get the tape on a roll of tape to come unstuck from itself? (you aren’t alone on this one!) Next time you’re finished with the tape, use a paperclip to keep it separate.
- Need an instant pick-me-up? Quit reaching for the coffee and go straight for an apple – you know what they say about an apple a day!
- Just want to toast the outside of your bread for a toasted, but still soft sandwich? Place two pieces of bread in one slot of the toaster – works great!
- Track your hydration by marking water bottles with the time of day. That way you know exactly how much you need to drink –w hen, to stay fully hydrated.
- Can’t seem to get back the items you loan to people – take pictures of yourself with the item and use those pics as a reminder.
- Want to chill your white wine, but don’t want it watered down? Freeze grapes and add those to your glass.
- How about scratched wooden furniture – rub it with a walnut to descratch.
- Got a nub of a candle and only short matches? Light a stick of dry spaghetti to get that wick lit without burning your fingers.
- How about an awesome trick for avoiding leaky garbage? Place a newspaper at the bottom of your trasj bag – it’ll soak up all the gross stuff!
- You can stop a pot of boiling water from boiling all over the stovetop by resting a wooden spoon across the rim of the pot.
- How about you’re newly bed-trained toddler? Create bumpers and keep him or her from falling out of bed by placing a pool noodle under the sheet.
- Need an easy way to remove strawberry stems? Push a straw right through the center of the berry and the stem will slide right off.
- Ran out of dryer sheets? Make a ball with aluminum foil and throw it in with the laundry. It will prevent static and work just like a dryer sheet.
- When a the pesky thread on a button keeps unraveling, paint over it with a little clear nail polish to keep it in place.
- Stinky sneakers? Ball up newspaper and stuff it inside the shoes – it will actually absorb the odor.
- Use a bobby pin to pinch the end of the toothpaste tube and get those last little bits.
What do you think? Got any tricks for life’s little frustrations that you can share? Have you tried any of these lifehacks – did they work?
