10 familiar things you can do faster

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

If time is money, then it is simply criminal not to save it.

1. Payment of taxes

It is not necessary to wait for the notification of the accrued taxes to appear in your mailbox, and then go to the bank. This can be done on the website of the tax office. It is easy to log in to your personal account using your account data on "Gosuslug".

The FTS online services generally work well. You can request information, fill out a 3-NDFL declaration and submit documents for a tax deduction directly on the website, apply for benefits or ask for information to be corrected. Inspection representatives respond promptly. For example, they can write to Viber and ask to drop the photo of the missing document. You can also complain on the site, and this is more effective than swearing over the phone or directly with the inspector, since your discontent will be noticeable not only to him, but also to his management.

2. Payment of fines and state fees

If you add your driver's license data to your profile on the Gosuslug portal, information about fines will be displayed directly on the site. You can pay for them here - with a 50% discount if you do it within 20 days from the date of the protocol.

You will be able to save not only time, but also money if you pay state duties on the "State Services": the discount will be 30%. Plus, you no longer need to go to the bank and drive in different TIN, KPP and BIK under the gaze of an indignant queue: you can do everything calmly.

3. Appointment to a doctor

You can get an appointment with a doctor through "State Services" without breaking the phone at the reception. The button you need is right on the main page. Go to it and click "Sign up".

Next, you need to select the region where you intend to receive the services of a doctor, specify your personal data and select the desired health care institution from the proposed list.

Then, in the drop-down list, mark the service, doctor and time when you want to visit the clinic.

It remains to confirm the entry. Please note that some institutions still do not record over the Internet, and the list may not include specialized specialists. But you will know this only by trying it.

4. Receiving parcels

Small packages weighing up to 2 kg can be brought to you by the postman. It will cost 165, 83 rubles excluding VAT, with VAT - a little less than 200 rubles. Muscovites and Petersburgers can order delivery directly from the tracking page on the mail website. The rest will have to call the number in the notification.

5. Packing suitcases

To pack up almost lightning fast, make yourself a one-size-fits-all travel list. This can be done in Google Keep, Evernote, and even a shopping list app: it's important that you can check the boxes next to each item and then uncheck it. Write in there what you cannot do without on every trip.

If you have such a list, all you have to do is walk through the apartment, leave what you need in a suitcase, and then finish off its contents with seasonal clothes and shoes. Put them on a separate list. Both checklists will come in handy again - when you pack your things at the hotel. So you will definitely not forget anything.

6. Trying things on

Perhaps the most unpleasant thing about shopping is the need to undress and re-dress a million times. It takes a lot of time, and as a result, the hairstyle is disheveled, sweat flows from the forehead, there is no mood.

To avoid this, dress appropriately for shopping malls. For example, if you are going to pick up trousers, wear something that you can take off and put on without bending down - your back will thank you. For the same reasons, a top with a through fastening is better than a T-shirt, since there is no need to raise your hands again. But it's better to let this fastener be a zipper, not buttons: again, you will save a lot of time. And fewer layers: it is, of course, stylish, but very uncomfortable in a fitting room.

7. Working with a computer

Learn keyboard shortcuts to help you complete many of your daily tasks at lightning speed. It will no longer be necessary to crawl with the mouse on the table or with your finger on the touchpad for a long time, right-click, select the desired action from the drop-down menu. It’s even a long time to read, not what to do.

Besides Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V, there are other useful shortcuts. Just try it.

8. Watching video

If you need to revisit a video, find the necessary fragment in it, or in general you feel that you can perceive information faster than it is presented, increase the playback speed. Usually this option is in the settings.

9. Cooking

All semi-finished products are considered harmful by default, and this is unfair. Products that are sold for three kopecks and have a monstrous composition can be not very useful and even dangerous. But homework can be a real salvation in terms of saving time.

Judge for yourself: to cook, for example, cutlets, you need to chop the meat, make minced meat, mix it with spices and salt, form cutlets, roll them in breadcrumbs, fry, wash the dishes and - let's face it - the whole kitchen. If you take 2-3 times more minced meat, then the process will not take much longer, but the blanks will save you a lot of time in the future.

Semi-finished products are not only the usual cutlets, dumplings, dumplings, meatballs. You can freeze stews, casseroles, and even cookie dough.

10. Payment for utilities, telephone, Internet

Remember that on the 31st you have to pay for the Internet, on the 12th - for gas, on the 18th - for the telephone - this is also a job that eats up resources and time. Although if the amounts are fixed, do not depend on the meter readings or the season, then auto payment solves this problem. You will no longer be late with the deposit of money and will not be left without communication or with penalties.

The easiest way to set up auto payment is in the personal account of your bank or in the mobile application. Remember to turn it off when you unsubscribe from the service.

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