46 Life Hacks to Make Life Easier

I love finding clever solutions to the little snags I come across in cooking, building, cleaning, or just about anything. These are some that I find myself using all the time!

1. Use retail hangers as chip clips

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2. For the always-falling zipper

3. Freeze grapes as ice cubes

4. Fit two bowls into a small microwave

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5. Growing out of a crib? No problem

6. Use a leaf blower and PVC pipes to clean gutters without a ladder

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7. The easiest way to make an ice cream sandwich

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8. Unclog drains without expensive chemicals

Unclog drains without expensive chemicals

Pour a half a cup of baking soda and a cup of vinegar into a clogged drain. Once it stops foaming rinse down the sink and your drains will be clear. A cheap and environmentally friendly way to unclog a sink!

9. Trouble with nailing something?

10. Smelly Shoes?

11. Stop people from stealing your pens at work

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12. Putting your phone into airplane mode will charge it twice as fast

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13. Have any old newspapers?

14. The best microwave tip

15. Fix a blurry phone camera

16. Wrap a wet paper towel around beer, and put it in the freezer to cool in just 2 minutes

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18. Use a can opener on obnoxious plastic packaging

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19. Pizza getting too soft?

20. Popcorn hack

21. Walnuts to the rescue

22. Create a bright light in a pinch

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When camping or just in a pinch, a standard headlamp strapped to a 1 gallon jug of water can illuminate an entire room or tent.

23. Stop hurting your finger

24. Tell which side an exit ramp will be on

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25. A better ice pack!

26. Chinese containers are designed to fold out into plates

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27. Run the razor across old jeans to resharpen and extend its life.

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28. Have you wanted to make your sandwich better?

29. A cool tip for keeping your things safe

30. Unwrinkle a shirt in a flash

31. Perfectly cut cherry tomatoes all at once

Perfectly cut cherry tomatoes all at once

32. Keep a pot from bubbling over

Placing a wooden spoon over the top of boiling water will stop it from boiling over by bursting the bubbles.

33. Soft-drink lids can double as coasters

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34. Pinching the end of a banana is a far easier way to open it.

Pinching the end of a banana is a far easier way to open it.

35. Adding a teaspoon of of baking soda when you boil eggs and the shell will come off easily.

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36. If you don’t have baking soda, then peel away a small hole at the top of the boiled egg and a large one on the bottom. Finally, put the small hole close to your mouth and blow.

If you don’t have baking soda, then peel away a small hole at the top of the boiled egg and a large one on the bottom. Finally, put the small hole close to your mouth and blow.

37. Stack clothes vertically side by side in the dresser to save a lot of room

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38. Charge your phone while traveling

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Many hotel TVs have handy USB slots in the back that will charge most smartphones.

39. Folding shirts doesn’t have to be a tedious chore.

Folding shirts doesn’t have to be a tedious chore.

40. Pulling the bones out of a chicken wing makes it easier to eat. Just twist the bone and pull.

Pulling the bones out of a chicken wing makes it easier to eat. Just twist the bone and pull.

41. Place a plastic bottle on top of a yoke and gently squeeze to separate egg yolks from egg whites

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42. Save space when packing a spare change of clothes.

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43. How about a cheap and easy iPhone Speaker?

44. Use AAA batteries in devices that require AA

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Use AAA batteries in gadgets that need AA batteries by filling the gaps with scrunched up tin foil. It won’t last as long as AAs but it’ll help you out when you’re in a pinch!

45. Avoid Elevator Pranksters

46. Play games without ads.

Putting your phone in airplane mode while gaming will stop those annoying ads from playing!

Source:

Epicdash.com