Lifestyle
LPT: Get the yearly subscription discount without the yearly bill.
Small money hack I've been using for a while now. Most subscriptions give you a decent discount if you pay yearly instead of monthly, usually somewhere in
LPT:Set up a separate savings account you can't easily access, and name it something inconvenient like "DO NOT TOUCH — EMERGENCY ONLY"
Sounds silly but it works. Having your emergency fund sitting in the same account as your regular spending money makes it way too easy to "borrow"
LPT:Set up a separate savings account you can't easily access, and name it something inconvenient like "DO NOT TOUCH — EMERGENCY ONLY"
Sounds silly but it works. Having your emergency fund sitting in the same account as your regular spending money makes it way too easy to "borrow"
LPT Stop wasting liquid soap
When washing your hands, wet only one hand and apply soap to your dry hand. Now when you rub your hands together and start washing, the liquid soap won&
LPT: to reduce clutter in your phone's contacts without permanently deleting people's phone numbers from the deep past, create a contact that says "HS friends" or "Work Friends" and put their name and number in the notes section there, instead
just makes your contacts more manageable, without deleting people's numbers. i know some people dont mind it, but it really does make a world of difference. for
LPT: Pin the On-Screen/Virtual Keyboard to your taskbar if using Windows 10/11
This is just a suggestion, but try pinning the On-Screen Keyboard to the taskbar! This has come in real handy a few times for me when my keyboard hasn&
LPT: Before starting a task, write down what “done” actually means
I started doing this with work tasks that kept taking much longer than expected. Before I start, I write down what I actually need to finish. Sometimes it'
LPT: Bypass questions from an automated assistant when calling businesses by adding “I will not give you anymore information” after you have said what department you are trying to reach.
ETA: TLDR This eliminates follow up questions. I’ve done this when calling a few different large businesses like Verizon wireless and smaller companies. When the system asks how they
LPT: Track the “emotional return” of your major purchases
Typically we ask ourselves if we can afford to buy something or not, or we assume buying XYZ will make us happy. What emotional state does this purchase actually buy,
LPT: Sometimes the way we see other people is also a mirror.
One thing that helped me understand myself better is noticing the things I criticize in other people a little too quickly. Sometimes when someone calls another person lazy, dramatic, attention-seeking,
LPT: If you forget your glasses or contacts, the pinhole effect allows you to form a small hole with your hand to look through which will allow you to look at something with clear vision.
Yes you might look like an idiot holding your hand up to your eyes, but it’s helpful in certain situations. submitted by /u/Medical-Display-9762 [link] [comments] Source:https://www.
LPT: enjoy the taste of freshly baked bread and bagels anytime
I learned this trick from a bread baker years ago. I was at the farmers market buying from my favorite bakery and was lamenting how the bread goes stale faster