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naamahdarling · 2 months

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LIFE HACK FOR BROKEN JARS AND GLASSES

Once you have safely removed the big bits, cut a potato or apple or anything else with dense, firm flesh, and press it down on the area and it will pick up a bunch of the tiny shards and flat flecks of glass you can't see. Then sweep or Swiff when the floor is dry.

I found sweeping up glass first just spreads the itty bitty bits around, but this seems to help keep them in place, as you are pressing straight down.

This post brought to you by the jar of pasta sauce I just dropped, and my friend Marc, who taught me the trick.

#i can smell the got damn pasta sauce and won't get any pasta this is cruel.#life hack #life hacks that actually work

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tweets-i-have-saved-on-my-phone · 2 years

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thatsbelievable · 8 months

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#What to do if You’re Working in a Mine and You Accidentally Uncover an Ancient Evil #tips #tricks #life hacks #helpful hints #advice #this is actually the plot of the 1981 film THE BOOGENS

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escapedaudios · 2 months

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Lifehack: you can listen to audios at work and not be bothered with this simple trick! Get a pair of wireless headphones with a big, conspicuous microphone. Make sure it looks professional and not like a gamer headset. Listen to audios while you're doing the mindless bullshit part of your job, and just nod while occasionally saying some random stuff like "oh yes, I can get that done by Thursday" to make yourself look busy. No one will ever know.

#life hack #audio roleplay #asmr fandom #yes I actually do this #yes it actually works #don't tell my boss

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morhath · 1 month

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my love language is Putting You On My Google Calendar

#life #I live and die by my calendar. one of those times a shitty adhd hack actually works for me.

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sassypotatoe1 · 8 months

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Survival guide for the adhd/depressed/autistic newly established office worker:

Brought to you by a depressed adhd autistic who took 10 months to adjust to office life after starting to work their first full time job.

Food:

We all have trouble with food, no denying it, so how do you manage it? Well there's a couple of ways depending on your individual needs.

If you're like me and you will end up just not eating if you don't have food immediately accessible, keep a snack drawer. Empty an entire drawer in your desk, buy a combination of healthy and less nutritious snack food that's shelf stable in bulk. I typically get a bunch of packets of like two types of potato chips/crisps, a bunch of single serving packets of salted peanuts, single serving packets of dried fruit flakes because the solid dried fruit are a sensory nightmare, and a bag of lollipops. By 10ish when I need my first snack I pop a lollipop, and if I didn't pack lunch I have access to fiber, protein, fat and carbs.

I also sniffed around for a couple of months to find the best deal on safe food takeout, ie a meal that's filling, relatively balanced, cheap and fits my texture and taste sensitivities. When it gets too expensive I find another one. Once a week I allow myself to get that if I didn't pack lunch so I don't end up spending all my money on takeout but still get to eat well enough.

If you're concerned about overeating or eating less nutritious food, get nutritious safe food options. They're typically a bit more expensive and a bit less shelf stable, I keep instant soup with freeze dried veggies in my drawer in the winter, and I have a tub of ensure to make shakes if I feel I'm missing out on some nutrients. Focus more on dried fruits, pretzels, nuts, instant food with veggies and nutrient loaded fruit juice. Get ensure if you can afford it. In a limited way it can act as a nutritious meal replacement, but I mean limited as in once or twice a week. Do not replace all your meals with a nutrition shake.

When you buy fresh produce, process it immediately before it goes into the fridge/freezer. Don't let that head of lettuce wilt and rot. Pull it apart, wash it off, put what you're not using immediately in a ziploc in the freezer if it freezes, and put the rest open in the produce section of your fridge. Not only will it already be ready to use when you use it, if it's not in a bag or container where the moisture is trapped it remains fresh for longer. That or if you can afford it buy pre-processed produce, divide it into serving portions, freeze what can be frozen.

Buy. Ready. Made. Meals. I know microwave dinners are the butt of the depression joke but they're literally life-saving, because when I was really struggling with my depression and ARFID microwave dinners were my only source of nutrition for a while and it literally kept me from actually dying. Do not be ashamed to meet your needs.

Stimming:

Keep some of your fidget toys or stimming items at your desk. I keep my tangle and fidget cube there so I don't pick my eyebrows to hell and back. It doesn't always work but it's better than nothing. Keep chewing gum in your car. Chewing tricks your brain into thinking you're eating, which tells your sympathetic nervous system that you're safe. It helps you focus better on driving and keeps you a bit calmer making your reaction times faster and less impulsive.

Reminders:

Keep a pad of sticky notes on your desk, preferably a neon color, and all the pens you own that you don't care about losing. Set a reminder on your phone calendar, your computer calendar, your email calendar, on a sticky note on your wall, and in your physical diary. No chance of forgetting something if you do that, because you can't miss all of them.

Take some time to figure out your grocery list. What do you typically need in a month? Make a printout of that grocery list and keep it on your fridge and your phone, along with a monthly or weekly calendar reminder to go grocery shopping. Before you head out check what you still have plenty of and preemptively check it off on your phone list so you don't accidentally buy too much of something.

Keep a "what's in my fridge" log on your fridge. It makes you more aware of what's in there, how long it's been in there, and whether you should throw it out or eat it or leave it. Keep a chart of how long foods hold in the fridge beside that log. The log lists what is in the fridge, when it went into the fridge, when the product seal was broken, and the expiry date of the product. No more moldy fridge food.

Miscellaneous:

Assign care tasks to another task that's already a regular habit. Keep your morning meds by the kettle, and make taking out a dose part of the process of making your morning coffee. Pick a task you do daily at work, usually in the morning, and assign wearing your glasses to that task. I need my glasses to proofread the print dummies because the font isn't very friendly, so I accidentally got into the habit of making putting on my glasses part of the proofreading process. Brushing teeth is part of makeup. Showering is part of getting dressed. It's easier to complete these tasks if I don't view them as seperate tasks, but rather as steps in a different task that comes more naturally to me.

I keep sticky notes and pens in my car, as well as in my purse when I use it, so I can make notes of things when I need to. Car care notes go on stickies when I notice the need, then I'm reminded of it every time I'm in the car. I typically don't even have to read the note, I see that there is one and usually remember what it was about. This helps me remember what I need to do to maintain my car, because I have gotten in an accident and forgotten about it and drove around with a warped front fender for a month. I currently have a sticky note to get my tire pressure checked when I go home from work tonight on my dash.

That's all I have but TL:DR allow yourself to meet your needs without shame, no matter how strange or childish they seem, and find loopholes to your behavior for the best outcome for your health, safety and productivity. Like I said in the intro it took me 10 months to figure out these, so don't be afraid to take the time to figure out what works for you. It'll be absolutely worth it.

#adhd things #living with adhd #Adhd #Autism #actually autistic #actually adhd #tw depression #depression #Depressed #self care #neurodivergent #Work #Job #Organization #life hacks

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heraldofcrow · 1 year

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I’m telling ya. Nothing works better to defer creeps than saying something about almost anything related to Bloodborne out of context.

The workplace weirdo starts taking an interest in you? Tell him about how you like to consume umbilical cords and hunt the moon for sport. Maybe tell him about that one time you got your brain sucked out by a tongue-headed demon-creature. Talk about how you hear babies crying randomly at night, or how you need to put the invisible child to “sleep” after you murder its wet nurse. Don’t forget the finger quotes around “sleep.”

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“Hey, what are you doing after work?”

“Avoiding this madman that screams a lot and tries to beat me to death with a human corpse. Maybe kill an orphan that got a little too comfortable using his placenta as a murder weapon. What about you?”

#hottest new tips for young ladies in the workplace!!#quote bloodborne at him girls!#you must out-creep the creep #no seriously this actually really weirds out this one sus guy at my work and now he thinks i’m a witch apparently #mission accomplished #it’s so perfect like you don’t even have to be mean #just say the most insane thing in the sweetest voice possible #>:)#bloodborne #life hacks #CrowNotes

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habijob · 7 months

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Adhd life hack?

Listen to covers of your favorite songs in languages that you don't understand,

so that you can get your background noise but aren't getting distracted

#adhd #actually adhd #adhd life hacks #habitalk #I've been listening to Fireflies in japanese and it works????#i need to find more covers of my fav songs #the ones that give me the motivation boost

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coulson-is-an-avenger · 2 years

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throwing able bodied ppl at work off their rhythm by replying to every “omg are you okay” question meant to be invasive about my cane with “yeah great, how are you?” and then forcing them to follow the flow of socially expected conversation 😎

#first day of bringing my cane to work and only 2 people Haven’t been distressed/demanded information about it #but so far this life hack has been getting some very baffled reactions which is Hilarious hshglkedk #like im well this is normal actually but how about you <3? lmao <3?#mossy speaks #cane user tag

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thebookishwitch · 5 months

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ADHD life hack for my makeup wearing folks

You know how beauty vloggers always stress having clean brushes? And you know how cleaning all your brushes every day is a freaking executive dysfunction nightmare?

Makeup wipes.

I use them to take off my makeup, but I also use one soaked with a bit of extra water to wipe my makeup brushes off after I use them.

Keeps my brushes clean enough until I can do a big wash on them once every week or two.

#actually adhd #adhd #adhd life hack #I hate when my brushes get too dirty cause I break out really bad #But if I try and clean them every day I go months without cleaning them cause it feels too overwhelming #this is my work around for it

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hella1975 · 1 year

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im being so serious besties i am not cut out for academia

#like yes i know ive had a very uniquely shit experience in doing a degree i actively not only hate but also am BAD AT #but also i just. cannot hack it #'but hella you go mental and pessimistic every single exam period' i know that but. im right also #like the other day i said to my mum how much ive just been enjoying my job recently #and how huge a deal that is bc i HATE my hometown and ive never ever considered my time here as possibly being good #and my 20s will hopefully be a lot of travelling but in between that to save easier im gonna live at home #so i dont have to worry about rent so alas that means when im saving up for my next trip I WILL BE IN MY HOMETOWN #and as excited as i am for my twenties that is one huge downside to me but i was really cheerfully saying to my mum #that literally for the first time ever ive considered it might not be too bad bc lately i have just enjoyed my job #like i enjoy the people and the work and the lifestyle of it and while it's never gonna be ideal as a means to an end it's actually good #and instead of focussing on that she went OFF on one about how she wants me to stay in education and keep getting qualifications #and she was like 'you could do an english degree you've always wanted to do english or how about open university-'#and i was just sat there blinking at her like girl.... no #like i could FEEL myself shutting down like the terror of having to return to this environment when ive got my sight so set #on that 'one more year and im done one more year and im done' mindset like that has been the only thing getting my through #is that im halfway through the course now so im closer to the other end than i am the beginning and if i can just push through #ill be free from it for the rest of my life. so the thought of immediately returning to academia even for a subject i adore? i felt ILL #and my mum apologised the next day without me even having to say anything bc she realised she kinda bulldozed me there #but i just know whether it's the adhd or ive actually been traumatised by this econ degree #(<- and im being serious there like ik 'traumatised' is a big loaded word but idk what else to use #and this degree has done so so much damage to me like it has convinced me that i am fundamentally a stupid person #to the point i refuse to add up bills when with friends or do answer any sort of intellectual question even if i KNOW i know the answer #bc ive just gone so so long of being bad at the only subject im studying like just SURROUNDED by it and being bad at it relentlessly #and i dont think people realise how damaging it is to very simply just... feel stupid all the time. but oh my god i used to be so confident #and bright and now i wont even do basic addition in front of people)#i really truly dont think i can do this again in any capacity. like the constant exams and studying and assignments #i just cant do it. maybe i just need a year or two away from it after this degree but my goddddd rn i cant see it #yes it's exam time for me can u tell. it always makes me existential and on the verge of vomiting at any given moment #i hate it here i hate it here i hate it here i dont care about iterated deletion of strictly dominated strategies shut the fuck up #hella goes to uni

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wrenanigans · 3 months

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if you don’t have a stuffy nose rn, you should take a deep breath and appreciate that fact

if you DO have a stuffy nose, you should hold your breath for as long as you can. and then take a deep breath and appreciate that you no longer have a stuffy nose

#life hacks #it actually works believe it or not.#because of a combo of two things:#1. your body goes ‘holy shit we need oxygen. open those sinuses NOW’#2. your nose will fill with carbon dioxide and apparently that’s soothing to any inflamed tissue there #so! go forth and breathe easy #✨science✨

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izzibeeb · 4 months

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“you can’t use your electronics before bed because the blue light makes you awake!” OK then explain why I keep falling asleep while looking at my phone hmmmmmm? 🤨 checkmate liberals

#^not actually me trying to disprove anything #I try to avoid using electronics before bed because whatever I believe the doctors #but. seriously why does this happen #this should be an easy life hack for not falling asleep WHY DOESNT IT WORK :(#<- guy who just fell asleep while trying to look up something #beebs blabbing

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jakerzzzz · 8 months

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Why is it so hard to get a job to even call me back

#i don’t get it #I did everything I was supposed to do #I have TWO bachelor’s degrees #and YEARS of relevant experience #I get along with people well and I have good references #what gives!#all I want to do is escape the hellscape that is my current employer and have an actual work/life balance #I’ve tried the resume hacks #I’ve tried everything I can think of #i’m so angry and sad #rant

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sidhedust · 8 months

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Aw, it's sad to see how much better I've gotten over the months but I can't exactly be the kind of person I need to be to make an art career work. I could TRY a shop/print shop, but I have no long-term ideas to keep a shop running.

Once I draw a few fairy tale pieces, I'll be out of ideas lol

#sidhedust rambles #I COULD do OC prints but like. No one cares or knows about them yet LOL #I could sell special edition CDs of the VN but I can't see it gaining enough traction for that until the story #is a good way in. IF it even gathers interest lol #I have world building zine ideas actually because the site is sooooo clunky rn and the modals aren't working right #IDK lol I think it's best as a side hobby. but I wish I could form my life around it without being at the expense of money #so an art career is ideal...but then I start planning it out #and then I realize a 9-5 while hacking away at it on the side is the way to go. I can see myself burning out on art as a job

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bitchthefuck1 · 2 years

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Girl help, my favorite professor called to talk to me about an old paper I wrote and now I'm completely reconsidering my career plan to sell out

#maybe I can actually hack it as an essayist? maybe my career can be creatively fulfilling? maybe I am a good writer????#we stan financial security and my anxiety is too bad for serious risk taking professionally but I could actually do some work on the side #while at my current job. its very doable. ill need a shitton more therapy but i think i could do it #if it pans out into an actual professional shift great. if not im still doing creatively fulfilling work and maybe making a lil extra on #the side and at least that way i wont spend my life feeling like i gave up on my dreams and aspirations #anyway English professors my beloveds

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