Life Hacks You’ve Heard and Should Have Remembered

Everyone can use a good life hack. All those genius ideas that seem obvious once you hear about them but you never came up with yourself are really the most useful.

Today, I’ve put together a few of the obvious life hacks that everyone’s already seen, because hey, we all need a reminder every once in a while.

1. Studying With Chewing Gum

This life hack (that I have actually tried myself) is pretty genius. For all of the students out there who have to go through endless quizzes and exams, spice up studying and help improve your test grades with this simple trick. Just chew your favorite gum while studying for that crazy hard exam you have coming up, and then chew the exact same gum while taking your test. Your brain will associate the gum flavor with the test material, and make it easier to remember the answers!

2. Quick Fix for Wrinkled Clothes

If you’re anything like me, you’re in a rush to get ready and get out the door. And who has time for ironing? If you’d rather spend time getting ready instead of ironing your clothes, just toss your clothes in the dryer for 5 minutes while you finish getting ready!

3. Coffee Ice Cubes-

Since I’m not really a coffee drinker, this life hack isn’t really for me. However, for all of the many coffee drinkers out there, there’s a clever way to cool your coffee without watering it down. If you have leftover coffee from the day before, pour it into and ice tray and freeze it overnight. When you get up the next morning, you’ll have frozen coffee ice cubes that you can use to cool your coffee without giving it a watery taste!

4. Getting Rid of Spiders

I’ve never tried this one before, but since it had something to do with killing spiders, I thought I’d do us all a favor by mentioning it. Apparently, spiders hate peppermint oil. If you want all those pesky little critters gone, spray all of your windows and door frames with peppermint oil, and enjoy a spider-free home!

5. Buying Gifts

This one seems pretty obvious, even though you’d probably never think of it. Every year, I struggle with thinking of the perfect gift to buy someone for Christmas or for their birthday. When it comes time to buy, I forget everything they had ever said they’d like to have. Well, this life hack is for people like me who want to buy the perfect gift, but can’t think of what to buy. Of course, you could just ask them what they want. But if it’s someone close, you may want to just tell the person that you’re going to pick up their present later (that way you won’t be lying because you’re really going to buy it as soon as they tell you what they want), and ask them to guess what it is. That way, everyone wins (score)!

6. Have Oreos and Milk in Peace

Okay, so all we want sometimes is to just snack in peace, and have no distractions. Avoiding wet fingers while dunking your Oreo in your milk is key to having a distraction-free snacking sesh. Simply stick a fork into the cream in the center of an Oreo for a mess-free dunking experience!

Now that you’ve been reminded of these simple life hacks, go be an everyday conquerer!

With much love,

Anna Lee :)