Life Hacks: Making life easier one tip at a time

If there’s anything we love it’s something that makes life a little easier. And while there’s certainly isn’t a shortage of life hack advice on the internetz, both good and WTF, our standing rule remains: a good hack works for YOU. This week, we share some of our tried-and-true make-life-easy tips (Stasha is ALL about the baskets) as well as some ideas from around the web (Cheryl is ALL about saving money and time). We also talk about different levels of comfort, what works for one and not for the other, and the granddaddy of them all, how to keep other people’s opinions out of your decisions.  

So, grab a glass, fill it with something refreshing, and have a good time with us as we serve up some good ideas.


Cheryl's Strawberry  Moonshine with champagne for bubbly

 Buy some Strawberry Moonshine. Pour into a glass. Top with Champaign.

Stasha’s Bay Breeze

https://www.thespruceeats.com/bay-breeze-recipe-761000

 1.5 - 2 ounces vodka (I used Titos handmade) 

• 3 ounces pineapple juice
• 3 ounces cranberry juice
• Lime wedge, for garnish

 Pour all liquids into a tall glass over ice. Garnish with the lime or slice of pineapple. 

 I also topped mine with pineapple sparkling water to make it lighter and more of a punch.

Stasha mentioned a very entertaining guy on YouTube who "reviews" various life hacks. Well worth the watch!

Khaby Lame (a Senegalese-Italian youtuber) is hilarious.


Cheryl also mentioned a list of tech hacks she found for the show notes. Here ya go!

Tech hacks

• -When online shopping, begin but don’t end the checkout process stores will often send a coupon to complete the sale
• -To get price drop alerts for Amazon use camelcamelcamel.com
• -Pricegeek.com shows you the fair market price for products
• -Sumopaint.com is a free version of photo shop
• -Want to convert a YouTube video use gifyoutube.com
• -Howlongtoreadthis.com to estimate a book’s reading length 
• -Add a fake email address to your contact list, if a bot sends out spam you’ll get an undeliverable mail notice
• -HaveIbeenpwned.com to check if your email address has been compromised 
• -Accountkiller.com to delete popular online accounts
• -Use private or incognito browsing mode to search for products or tickets
• -Wornontv.net sells clothing worn by actors
• -Get faster airport internet without paying by adding .jpg at the end of your search
• -Hotelwifitest.com- ranks hotels with fast or free internet
• -Skiplagged.com finds hidden city flights for up to 80% off
• -Set @@ as a key bord shortcut to never have to enter your email address again
• -Need to call a number anonymously? *67 before the phone #
• -Betterexplained.com to explain hard math equations
• -Documentaryheaven.com for all things documentary
• -Agoodmovietowatch.com for highly rated little-known movies to watch