Optimizing your daily life: 12 tips to treasure
Daily life is made up of many small challenges which, if dealt with incorrectly, can become insurmountable problems. It will certainly have happened to you that you have struggled to find a solution to some small problem. Fortunately, today there are many ready-to-use solutions published on the web - solutions shared by ordinary people who have had the patience to think creatively about how to solve a problem.
From alternative uses of a pizza cutting wheel, to the best way to store your socks, to a simple tip to make your faucets and chrome shine again, we show you below 12 useful tips to optimize your time.
1. Car TV
Do you have to face a long journey and don't know how to entertain the children? Try passing the time by watching a film: insert a pre-punched transparent bag in the headrest of the front seat and insert your tablet or smartphone inside. In this way, the kids can watch their favorite programs to pass the time!
2. Parchment paper for the taps
Do you have to clean your taps or other chrome objects and don't know how to remove limescale deposits? Simply try rubbing them with a sheet of parchment paper: they'll be shiny again in no time!
3. Pack closing magnets
You only need two magnets to close an open pack of chips or biscuits.
4. Bathroom hooks
Not only for bathrobes and towels: bathroom hooks are also very useful for optimising the use of space inside your cabinets! In fact, you can use them to hang up hair dryers, straighteners, irons, brushes and other hairdressing accessories.
5. Nails in walls
To hang up a picture or frame with two holes already prepared, attach a piece of masking tape to the frame and make two holes in the tape at the correct spots; then remove the tape and stick it to the wall: this will act as a guide for inserting the nails into the wall in the right spots.
6. Space-saving hanger
To optimize the space in your wardrobes, you can put shower rings on your hangers: they will allow you to store clothes and accessories such as belts, ties, scarves in a smaller space.
7. Neat manicure area
Don't know how to store your utensils for doing manicures neatly? Try gluing small magnets to a cabinet door: they will be hold your tools and will help you organize your spaces better, especially if the tools are very small!
8. Store spray bottles
How many products do you have in your kitchen for cleaning! To save space and keep them in order, you can mount a rod inside the sink: you can hang up all the spray bottles, gloves, sponges and cloths!
9. Pizza cutter wheel
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Do you remember the pizza cutter wheel you bought and which now lies unused in the bottom of a drawer? You should always keep it close to hand! In fact, the cutter can be useful for a thousand other purposes, such as cutting sausages or cured meats, cutting cheese into small pieces or for slicing puff pastry.
10. Squeeze out all the toothpaste
How can you avoid wasting toothpaste by throwing away the tube with residual paste inside? Take a wooden stick and fix it with two rubber bands at the ends to the bottom of an open tube; by sliding the stick from the bottom towards the opening, the toothpaste will come out and the tube will be completely emptied.
11. Knot for Denieds
The easiest way to tie a knot in your tie? Not while it's around your neck! Take a tie and wrap the thinner end twice around your hand, holding the thicker end away. Then take the lower bit and pass it under the upper one. You knot is now ready.
12. Card holder
Do you also have a wallet full of loyalty cards from every store where you've shopped? If you are against technology and have not yet converted to using an app, you can keep the cards on a key ring: make a small hole in a corner of the cards and put them on a keyring!
Did you already know any of these tips? How do you optimize your daily life?
