The internet is overflowing with advice, but finding the truly useful stuff can be a challenge. Luckily, two Redditors cut through the noise and asked for life hacks that are surprisingly simple and incredibly effective.
When you’re walking on the street, make sure to always keep your head up and look straight-forward to the people— ergo, walk with a purpose. That way you won’t be finding any trouble with people getting in your way during your walk because they’ll instantly avoid you and get out of your path!
Weird Life Hacks: 1.
There is a little lever on one side of your steering wheel that will indicate to other drivers your intention to turn or change lanes. It comes on ALL CARS, even Dodge Ram pickups and is completely free to use!!!!!
Weird Life Hacks: 2.
When you eat out at a restaurant and there is something wrong with your order, you actually don’t have to scream at the 16-year-old that gave it to you. “Excuse me, I ordered x and received y” works just as well and sometimes actually plays out in your favor, as the saying goes, you catch more flies with honey.
Weird Life Hacks: 3.
If your pre-schoolers are watching TV, turn on the closed captions. They will soon begin to associate the sounds with the words.
We did this with our three children, and they all excelled in reading and spelling. They also did well in Japanese as they watched anime with Japanese sub-titles.
Weird Life Hacks: 4.
I pretty much live by: if you hate everyone, eat something. if you feel like you hate yourself, take a shower. if you feel like everyone hates you, get some sleep.
it’s a very simplistic approach, but just being able to focus on those basic needs helps if my mental/physical health isn’t in the best shape!! (which it usually isnt hWeird Life Hacks: aha).
Weird Life Hacks: 5.
This is a psychological advice that I once saw on a subreddit, and I couldn’t stop practicing ever since because it is so legit.
When you’re walking on the street, make sure to always keep your head up and look straight-forward to the people— ergo, walk with a purpose. That way you won’t be finding any trouble with people getting in your way during your walk because they’ll instantly avoid you and get out of your path!
It’s so useful when you’re in a rush.
Edit: English is not my motherly language, so I hope I made myself clear with the advice:)
Weird Life Hacks: 6.
One life hack I went from not knowing to using almost daily is the search bar in the Photos app on my iPhone. I used to think I could only scroll endlessly through my camera roll to find a specific photo. Then I discovered that I could search my pictures based on objects, people, or even text that appeared in them.
For example, if I’m looking for a photo where I was wearing a suit or glasses, I can just type “suit” or “glasses” in the search bar, and it instantly shows me all the relevant pictures. It even recognizes text in photos—if I remember taking a picture of a document, a sign, or anything with words on it, I just type a keyword, and it pulls up those images.
This feature has completely changed how I organize and find photos. Instead of scrolling for ages, I can just search and find what I need in seconds. It’s a game-changer for anyone with thousands of photos stored!
Weird Life Hacks: 7.
Modeling behavior for your kids actually works. We’ve never once explicitly told our 2 or 5 year old to say “please” or “thank you” or other kind s**t, but they say it when the moment is right. My two year old is much better about “thank you” than his big brother, but the five year old regularly uses “please” when asking for the most mundane s**t. When the kindness comes naturally from them, it blows my mind every time.
