25 express life hacks for all occasions

Life hacks for everyday life

1. Defrost meat

If you don't have a microwave, you can quickly defrost meat with water. Place it in a bowl right in the bag and cover with liquid at room temperature. But using boiling water is a fatal mistake: the meat will smell terrible.

2. Wash the pan

To quickly wash a pan, pour water into it, throw in a pinch of baking soda and put it on fire. Boil the liquid for a couple of minutes, and burnt food debris will easily separate from the dishes.

3. Clean the microwave

You can quickly clean the microwave with baking soda. Stir 3 tablespoons of powder in two glasses of water. Place the solution in an oven and turn it on for 10 minutes. Then wait 15 minutes, open the microwave and wipe the inside.

4. Cool down tea or coffee

To cool the drink faster, place a few spoons in the cup. Heat transfer in the direction from a more heated body to a less heated one will occur until they reach the same temperature. So you get heated spoons and cooled tea.

5. Prepare yeast dough

Yeast dough does not rise well if you do not put it in a warm, windproof place. To create the microclimate he needs, boil a glass of water in the microwave, and then put a bowl of dough covered with cling film there.

6. Clean up the apartment

To quickly create the appearance of order in an apartment, you will need a box, a garbage bag and a rag. Your task is to go to a horizontal surface and remove everything from it, for example, on the floor. Then you wipe the dust on this surface, return the objects that should be there.

With the rest of the things, you do the following: you throw what you need into the box with the hope of disassembling it one day, the rest into the trash. Then vacuum the floor and clean the plumbing. Such express cleaning is enough to not be ashamed to receive guests.

7. Clean the windows

When washing windows, run the cloth horizontally on one side of the glass and vertically on the other. Directing the divorce will help you identify where the problem is and get the job done faster.

8. Clean out the bag

It is convenient to use a roller for cleaning clothes to get crumbs, trifles, scraps of receipts from the bottom of the bag.

9. Clean clothes

You can quickly clean clothes from wool and small debris with scotch tape. Wrap the sticky tape around your palm with the glue outward and the implement is ready.

10. Repair the zipper

A simple pencil will help to deal with a stuck zipper. Walk the lead along the teeth, and the slider will slide over them without difficulty. Any cream is suitable for the same purpose.

11. Peel off labels

A hairdryer will help you get rid of manufacturer information stickers on dishes and other household items. Blow hot air on the sticker and it will instantly come off.

Life hacks for beauty

12. Wash the comb

For a quick wash, take your comb with you to the shower. Lather up your hair with shampoo and comb it gently. Hair in this case will work like a brush and remove dirt.

13. Clean up makeup brushes

You can wash your makeup brushes with a comb-comb and shampoo. Lather the villi and run them vigorously across the teeth of the comb several times.

14. Find a replacement for shaving cream

If you run out of shaving cream on time, you can replace it with a hair balm. Apply it to the desired area and leave it on for a couple of minutes to soften the stubble. It is better to take a disposable machine at the same time, because the use of the balm for the blades will not go unnoticed.

Life hacks for travel

15. Collect the suitcase

Make a versatile travel list and use it whenever you need to pack your bags quickly. It should list all the items you need to take with you and the required steps to take before leaving. It is easier to adjust the list in accordance with the season and destination than remembering every time if you have not forgotten anything.

16. Get rid of unnecessary attention

To quickly get rid of annoying guides and sellers while traveling, the magic phrase "I am here for work", pronounced in the language of the country, will help.

17. Be the first to get your baggage

You can get a suitcase at the airport faster if you stick a sticker on it with the word fragile - "fragile". With a high probability, your luggage will be put on top of the trolley so as not to be damaged, which means that it will be among the first to hit the belt.

18. Exchange bills for coins

You can change money by purchasing something from the snack machine. The machine will give change in coins. If the machine has such a function, you can “change your mind” and press the button to cancel the operation. Then you will return the entire amount in small change.

Life hacks for gadgets

19. Charge your phone

To quickly charge your phone, put it in airplane mode.

20. Clear keyboard

Sometimes elusive crumbs fall on the keyboard that are almost impossible to reach. You start to turn it over or try to reach the debris with your finger, and a foreign object strives to fall into the bowels of the device. In such a situation, use a sticker. The crumb will stick to the sticky part, and this will quickly put an end to your torment.

21. Find information in the messenger

Many people like to save important information by sending it to themselves in private messages on social networks or instant messengers. So that later you do not have to flip through the entire history of correspondence in search of what you need, think over a system of keywords. Then, for example, you can quickly find scans of documents by searching for the word "documents".

Life hacks for mental health

22. Fall asleep quickly

To fall asleep faster, count in reverse order from any number at least three digits to zero. This method is less familiar to the brain than listing numbers in a direct sequence, so you focus on the numbers and the disturbing thoughts will cease to enter your head. And since counting is not the most fun activity, you will fall asleep quickly enough.

23. Wake up quickly

Set two alarms per minute apart. The one that will ring earlier, put next to the bed, take the second away, but so that it can be heard. After the first signal, you will not be able to simply roll over on the other side, since you will know that you still have to go to turn off the second gadget.

24. Calm down quickly

If you need to calm down quickly, search the Internet for a selection of funny pictures or videos, and a site with bearded jokes will do. Laughter makes you breathe deeper, relaxes muscles, stimulates the production of hormones of joy. A couple of minutes of fun and you will feel less anxious.

25. Make a decision

If you need to decide whether to act or not, but you are not ready to entrust such an important matter to a coin, use Descartes' square.

What will I get if I don't accept this decision?	What do I get if I accept this decision?
What will I lose if I don't accept this decision?	What will I lose if I make this decision?

Draw a square and enter the intended consequences in the appropriate boxes. For example, you are thinking about whether to change jobs.

I'm going on vacation on schedule. There will be no hassle.	Higher salary. Possibility of career growth.
So I will do something incomprehensible	I will remain without a vacation. It takes 30 minutes longer to get there.

In the table, you will surely find the arguments that will be decisive, and the cell where they are located will make it clear what to do.