It’s so easy to learn anything these days with the internet at our fingertips. There are so many solutions and tips from people who’ve probably been in your shoes. But you have to think of looking for it first.And how would you know to look for it if you’re not aware it exists? So we atBored Pandacompiled a list of life hacks you might’ve never heard of before, but may find very useful. Scroll down, upvote your favorites, and don’t be shy to share any tips you think others don’t know yet!This post may includeaffiliate links.
It’s so easy to learn anything these days with the internet at our fingertips. There are so many solutions and tips from people who’ve probably been in your shoes. But you have to think of looking for it first.
And how would you know to look for it if you’re not aware it exists? So we atBored Pandacompiled a list of life hacks you might’ve never heard of before, but may find very useful. Scroll down, upvote your favorites, and don’t be shy to share any tips you think others don’t know yet!
This post may includeaffiliate links.
If you have a spare minute at home, always take a few seconds to just pet your dog or cat and really appreciate them. Pets are only a part of your life but you are your pet’s entire life
If you ever have to park in a city at night, park in front of a bank. Why? They’re lit up and have cameras everywhere.
Never make fun of someone’s laugh, someone’s smile, or how they dance. Let them express happiness without trying to harsh their joy.
Don’t fill in the ‘To” field in an email until you are completely done writing it. Saved me a lot of badly-written or half-finished emails - and emails I never ended up sending because I had time to think better of it.
Whenevr you like a product online,look for the bad reviews first.
Last week I felt exhausted. I got home on Friday at around 6:30 p.m. and went straight to bed.I did a few things over the weekend but mostly slept - I got up late, took naps and went to bed early.I can’t tell you how differently things have felt this week. I am more focused at work and make less of an effort to get things done. I feel more patient, more lenient, less irritable. Everything feels less catastrophic.Last night I went to yoga and felt I had the best class I’d had in months - I felt I was breathing rather than pushing myself through something too difficult.You want a clever life hack? Go to bed.
There’s a cartoon I watched as a kid where the hero gets thrown in jail high up in a tower. There’s an old man there who has been in the jail all his life. The hero demands to be let out and the gate opens. The hero walks out. The old man looks at the open door and then turns to the audience and mutters: “You mean all I had to do was ask?”I laughed at this when I was a kid but reflecting on my life, I’ve had countless moments where I was that old man. A crush of three years who I never talked to, questions in meetings that I never voiced and promotions that I never pushed for.Over the last five years, I’ve experimented with doing what the hero in the tower did and ask for what I want. And in many cases, just like in the cartoon, the door really opened. This is from little things like requesting no olives in my salad to larger demands like having 20% time at work to pursue self directed initiatives.As long as you’re sincere and reasonably competent, you will be amazed how far simply asking for things will take you.
About a week ago, my mother was out of town. So, my father and I decided to go to a restaurant because both of us suck at cooking.Over there, I ordered a Masala dosa off the menu. After a 20 min long video call with my mother, the food arrived.I had only eaten a couple of bites before I found a hair strand in the Sambhar. Pretty unappetizing.I told my father and was about to call the waiter to change the food but my father actually had a fool proof plan.He suggested me to add a lot of salt in the sambhar and then call the waiter so that I could ensure the food was actually changed and it wasn’t just the hair that was removed.I did the same and was very excited for the sambhar to be back. So was my father. We waited for a little while and then the waiter served the sambhar. Voila! It was saltier than ever. Plan successful. I told my father and he was smiling like a child and at the same time he was really proud.Not gonna lie I was amazed as hell.Later we called the waiter and told him the entire story. He got really defensive but all that’s unnecessary. What really matters is the life hack you learnt today.
When in an argument, act as if you are being recorded. This will prevent you from saying stupid things you don’t mean.
Put your favorite song as a custom ringtone for people you don’t like. That way, you can enjoy the song while neglecting their calls.
If you fall into cold, open water try to float first to calm yourself down and resist the urge to swim. With your breathing and body under control, you can then start swimming to safety.
About 15 years ago I’m visiting my mother’s cousin after not seeing him for a long time.A few hours into our meeting he stares at me and says “Asim son… why do you always smile at me when I look at you?”Do I? I don’t know. And I tell him that.I soon realise that I do smile a lot, and several years later I come to the view that it has played a key role in achieving the success I have attained at work and in business.Smiling breaks down barriers, it makes tense situations into more comfortable ones, it makes you more attractive, it gives a sense of energy, it makes people want to be around you, it makes you more likeable, it makes people feel that you want to be around them, it makes people trust you.Smiling is very powerful, massively underestimated.And I semi-consciously knew it all along. Which is why I did it.It also makes everyone happier, including you.Smile more…
Forget about oven mitts. Get a pair of welding gloves!Wait, hear me out.My mom always complained about her oven mitts. They were either too thin, making prolonged handling of hot dishes difficult. Or they were too thick, making them clumsy. For some reason, the fabric would quickly deteriorate, even when using non-budget pairs. And more often than not, they were too short — she’d often get burns on her forearms when reaching inside a hot oven, oven mitts only protect your hands.However, one day she found a pair of welding gloves lying around, and got the genius idea to use them in the kitchen.These things are:Very robust, literally industrial strength. No fear of them falling apart.Heat-proof up to hundreds of degrees CelsiusMade of rough fabric, and have fingers, making handling of various dishes very simple. No slipping and dropping your lasagne ever again!Quite long, offering total protection not only for your hands, but your wrists and forearms too. No need to worry about touching the edge of a blazing hot oven when reaching into it.Are generally quite cheap, $20 bucks or so. Not much difference to “premium” (but still garbage) oven mitts.I recently received a pair from her as a birthday gift. I tossed my oven mitts immediately. From then on, it’s welding gloves all the way.Disclaimer: I was made aware that some gloves may contain fire retardant chemicals, which may be dangerous when ingested. Keep this in mind and check the manual / detailed information before using a pair.
When heating leftovers, space out a circle in the middle, it will heat up much more evenly.
Always go see a movie and then get dinner so you can talk about the movie afterwards. It makes you way more comfortable on dates
If you sit for several hours a day, find a simple routine to stretch out your hips and chest.“It’s an absolute game-changer for people who suffer from chronic lower back pain as a result of being hunched over a desk.”
You received your order from an e-commerce site.You are excited to remove the packaging.You just remembered an incident that happened to your neighbour, when a shopping site delivered a soap bar instead of mobile phone in the box.You are now afraid, what if same happens to you?What can you do at this point of time-Sit back relax and put your camera or mobile phone camera on work.Record a video while unboxing your product, just like those youtube gadget reviewers do.Now, if something wrong happens, you will have a valid proof from your side.This is the best thing a person can do to protect himselves from online shopping fraud.
If you park in a big parking lot, take a pic of the letter/number marker so you can find it easily
Want to charge your phone faster ,Keep your phone in airplane mode.
If you’ve forgotten an acquaintance’s name, just ask them what their name is, and after they tell you, say ‘No, your last name.’ It works like a charm, and they never suspect a thing.
The human appendage signal.I’m in tight traffic, and nobody will let me in to change lanes. They ignore my blinking turn signal. So I open the window and stick out my arm. Invariably, the car in the next lane slows and makes a spot for me to move into.I think the human appendage signal turns car into a person. It is no longer a blinking car that wants to change lanes, but a human. That triggers empathy and politeness.This hack can be used elsewhere. The gay liberation movement made its greatest strides when gays came out of the closet, and people realized that they knew such people. They were no longer abstractions, but people, friends, and it created a phase transition.Make sure others always see you as a person, not as a symbol or as a professional or as a thing.
Appear more confident. The bottom line is to be interested, not just interesting
You can sharpen your knives with a ceramic bowl. Rub the blade up and down on the bowl’s ceramic ring.
If you’ve ever taken a boring class, record it with your phone and play it back on sleepless nights.
Start every phone call with ‘My battery is almost dead.’ That way, you can hang up on them at any time.
Put a dry tea bag in smelly shoes to absorb the odor and leave them smelling fresh.
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Today I am going to tell you something really useful that will save you a lot of confusion at times.Everyone use earphones or headphones, right? Well, this device comes in two varieties - with microphone and without microphone and a lot of you might have faced problems in the past in finding whether it has mic or not. Not anymore as it is really easy to find that out.Have you ever closely observed the audio jack of different earphones? If you have, then you might know that some earphones have two strips and some have three. Something like this.There is a reason for this, obviously.Now you understand? The third strip is for the microphone itself.So, in future, if you want to check whether an earphone has mic or not, just look at the number of strips on its audio jack. If it is two, it doesn’t support mic and if it is three, then it does.Happy reading!!
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Sometimes changing your pillowcase daily can help with acne.use a clean t-shirt over my pillow to accomplish the same thing. Note that the perfumes in regular detergent are sometimes an irritant to the delicate skin on your face.
When speaking to your gf/partner/wife about something important or difficult:Be very, very deliberate in the words that you choose, and the manner in which you express them.Women pay very close attention to those things. And they don’t forget.I learned this via a trial of 1000 lashes.
Use lip balm to heal paper cuts and immediately stop pain.
Don’t take working things, colleague relationship too personally.Don’t overshare your life when you just know someone.It takes at least three months to know a person.Don’t share or small talk about someone when he/she is in the same social circle as you.Don’t think EVERYONE is as nice or bad, because we all are just humans.You can laugh at your friends, but try to not laugh at or tease what they love.The words you can not say in front of someone, don’t say it behind their back either.Change the sentence like “can you understand it” to “did I make it clear ”When you deal with dumb people, be 200% awake!I just think all these tips I have learnt so far are just as important.
So, this is not the most clever life hack, but is indeed helpful at times you’re unable to tolerate.It happens many times at work or when with friends. You are sitting next to a friend or any person at your work place and you know that you will have to sit with him for a longer period of time and if their mouth stinks, then what?They are not going to stop talking to you. If your tolerance limits have reached, then you can use a small hack that I always use.Just keep a mints in your pocket. When you feel your neighbour is stinking. Just open the mint pack and pop one in your own mouth. It is very likely that your neighbour will ask for one and if he or she doesn’t ask you can offer one.You ate first and then offered, hence they would not feel bad and the problem will be solved.
Take a picture of your fridge if you sometimes forget what to buy at the grocery store.
Setting a timer for 10 minutes every time you walk through the front door to clean/tidy. Stops it building up and goes really quick so doesn’t feel like a chore.
Reverse your hair (from the side you usually comb) a night before sleeping; then it will be easy to set the next morning.
My friend saved his own number on his WhatsApp and had conversations with himself..He told ‘it somehow helped to cure the depression and hollowness he felt inside’. Being intelligent and introvert, he found this way to communicate with himself honestly time to time. He said, ‘we know the answers most of the time, we just need a medium to communicate it.’I think my Friend is right..
Remember your position in which you are sleeping in morning. It is your most comfortable position and can help you in sleeping quicker.
If in an emergency you need to get through a locked door, kick hard right next to the handle, near the lock, and avoid using your shoulders or back. The lock will break more easily.
If you don’t have a dryer and need to dry your clothes quickly, here’s what you can do. Place your wet clothing on a dry towel. Roll the towel with the garment inside. Pick it up, and twist it as tightly as possible to squeeze out the excess water. After you’ve drained .the excess water, hang your garment on a hanger to fully dry
Eat straight from the pot you cook in. Saves an extra dish to wash.Place new trash bags under the current one being used. That way, when you’re taking out the trash the refills will be within arm’s reach.Learn to see the good in others, especially YOURSELF!
Phone dropped from your hand and about to fall down.Just use your leg and kick it slightly and it will cause less harm to your phone.
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