LifeProTips

• LPT: if a service ever asks why you're leaving/ending your subscription, always choose the option related to cost. They'll always offer a cheaper deal in future
• LPT: If you're someone that always listens to music in your car make it a habit at least once a month to turn it off and listen to your car for a couple minutes. There may be an issue you're not aware of which could be caught before it turns into a major problem.
• LPT: saying "fair enough" is the quickest way to end an argument
• LPT: Since it's getting colder, go through your coats and blankets and put the ones you don't care about in your car. They'll come in handy if you break down, or if you come across someone who needs them, you can give them away.
• LPT: Freeze a block of cheese for 30 minutes before shredding it. It will shred quicker, smoother, and won't chunk up on the shredder.
• LPT: Those viral posts asking things like "Your stripper name is your first pet and your mother's maiden name" are amazingly effective ways to reveal answers to common security questions you may be using elsewhere.
• LPT: If you're watching a video that's required for school/college and really aren't liking it, just increase the speed. It might take a little getting used to but once you get the hang of it, you can watch boring vidoes two times faster.
• LPT: If you are looking for a safe place to take your family trick or treating, look into local nursing homes and rehabilitation centers passing out candy. The elderly people there would really enjoy getting to see kids in their costumes and pass out candy.
• LPT: Inflation is currently ~2% per year. If you are not getting more than that per year as a raise, you are getting a pay cut. Make sure to take inflation into account when you get a raise.
• LPT: on ios if you hold down space bar you can go anywhere in the sentence to fix any mistakes instead of tapping and missing the letter.
• LPT: If you receive a bunch of scam calls, pick up the phone and mute your mic. You'll be considered a "ghost number" and steadily the calls will decrease.
• LPT: if you're working tonight while daylight savings is rolling back an hour, make sure to keep track of that time so that your employer doesn't cheat you out of an hour!
• LPT: If you have kids who are still enjoying dressing up, the next few days are your best friend. Halloween costumes will go on sale everywhere for a fraction of their original price.
• LPT: Go buy a decent shower head (like $30-50 decent). You use it every day (at least once), and the newer heads have better pressure, more options, and typically use less water. Better experience for you, while saving money and our planet.
• LPT: If you have a dashcam and see something where you need to record a licence plate but you know your dashcam is too far away, read the licence plate aloud for your cam's audio to record it.
• LPT most old people feel ignored in the family, next time when taking important decisions just ask for their opinion once. You dont need to always follow what they say, but by just letting them state their opinion it would make them feel much more valued.
• LPT: if you store boxes in a basement, put them on pallets. This will save your belongings if you get a few inches of water down there.
• LPT: If you need to have a difficult/conflictual conversation, focus on the impacts the conflict is having on you. This technique will keep the other person from becoming defensive, and will likely lead to a much more productive convo.
• LPT: If you're listening to something with one earbud on, turn on Mono Audio. This allows you to here ALL sound through one earbud. This is especially helpful with music.
• LPT: When flying with an airline that makes you pay for specific seats; first choose 'randomly allocated seats', then only half of you have to pay to sit next to another.
• LPT: If someone is being passive aggressive, play dumb, take everything said literally, and as a compliment. It will confuse and frustrate them and if they try explaining that they were actually insulting you, they look like jerks, which they are.
• LPT: Study in the hour before you go to bed to maximize retention for learning material. Learning information right before you go to bed has been proven to lead to higher levels of recognition.
• LPT: When using a website's help chat, be aware that the employee can see what you're typing as you type it (even before you hit send).
• LPT: Pouring in your Creamer before your Coffee blends them together without the need for a single-use Plastic Stirrer.
• LPT: Don't announce to others what you plan to do, instead, AFTER the task is completed, share what you did. Addictive dopamine gets released at a better time for reinforcing productive work in the future!
• LPT: If your ceiling fan is really dusty you can use a pillow case to clean the blades without having dust rain down on everything below. Not sure how known this trick is but I thought everyone should know.