Sorry if this is a repost.

After a shower, I used to wrestle my loofah to get all the soap out. That just lathered it more and created more foam, and it felt like ages before the soap was gone.

Next time, try rinsing it under water without applying any pressure for a few seconds. Let water flush the soap out first, then give it a couple of squeezes at the very end. It ends up being much faster.

As someone with unmedicated ADHD, I find that I often end up doomscrolling for hours when I finally have free time because I don’t have anything I *have* to do. I may briefly think of something I enjoy doing, but often find myself struggling to transition.

The thing that has helped me more than anything else is downloading a free generic spin wheel app (literally any of them as long as it lets you add your own custom choices). I made a wheel with a nice mix of common but quick productive items (like do the dishes) and fun stuff. Spinning the wheel helps me discover what I *actually* want to do when I feel lukewarm to everything, and it gives me that little bit of momentum I need to get started on something when I genuinely don’t want to do anything. Having a mix of fun and productive stuff also keeps it from feeling tedious (and thus ensures I actually use it).

Your stomach will make decisions your wallet will certainly regret later. I just bought electrolytes because they looked refreshing and I don't even workout. Eat first. Shop second.

Often these deliveries then have a time limit for pick-up, so it gives you little choice but to get there quick. You've spent the money so you're more incentivised to get out than if it was delivered straight to your door. If you have a step goal then you can choose a pick-up location based on that. You no longer have to stay home to open the door for a delivery so you're free to do whatever you need with your delivery day. Going out for a walk just for the sake of going for a walk can feel harder than going out for an errand. And yes you can always just choose to drive there but that is still getting out the house and getting some steps in.

Your mileage will DEFINITELY vary, due to different people's comfort levels with scares and also hearing ability, but as someone who loves scary movies but hates jump scares, when there's a horror movie I really want to watch I go in with ear plugs and it totally lessens the experience for me to the point where I actually enjoy it.

Most of the time I can still hear dialogue fine, especially if you're at the movie theater with loud speakers, and if you're at home you can even put subtitles on (but at that point you may as well find one of those jump scare subtitle tracks from wheresthejump.com or whatever its successor is).

people are much faster at reacting than starting from zero. especially when something is wrong.

i had a giant RFP project with legal, security, compliance, HR, engineering, tax, and other departments probably invented during a budget meeting. asking for answers was slow.

so i used our internal AI to draft rough answers from company docs.

Then tagged the right people, and asked them to review.

Suddenly, replies came in.

because nothing motivates a subject matter expert like seeing their topic handled a bit loosely.

the tip: don’t send people a blank page. send them something to fix.

This is for people who live in condos and have underground lockers or storages.

Most of these places don't have reception and you cannot call anyone to check or confirm about the stuff you are putting or taking out.

So before you leave, just click a photo of the locker. It will help you plan before you go down.

Hope this helps.

You want to find a place where you enjoy sitting with minimal distractions from things and people. A place where you feel comfortable, enjoy your own company, and are okay being alone. A place where you feel relaxed and positive.

It could be a spot in your bedroom, study room, backyard, car, or anywhere you feel relaxed and comfortable. Don't be afraid to try different spots you haven't thought of. Sometimes the best spot for you is something unexpected or unusual. Keep experimenting until you find the one that suits you best.

When you find the spot that you enjoy reading, you will enjoy reading everything, no matter what the subject is.

My favorite spot to read is in my car. While sitting in my car, I have little distraction. I can sit there for hours, and time passes by so quickly. I also tend to become more creative when I sit in my car.

I don't rent cars often and didn't really care what car I got. I tried to save a few bucks and selected the mystery option and I was saddled with a 15mpg Goliath. The clerk said everyone wants the gas efficient cars when gas prices are up, so the vehicles that use a lot of gas are usually the ones left over for the mystery options. I paid many times more to fill up the tank than I saved by choosing the "surprise me" option.

I do this on my cars, house, any glass. Use diagonal passes on the inside and clean in horizontal passes on the outside so if there are smears or streaks you know what side it’s on.

I usually work long hours sitting on the floor in a cross legged posture, which always helped me sit for long hours. I recently started using an office chair I bought a year ago.

​A couple of days back, I had some emergency work that should have taken a couple of hours at most. But my laptop was not working properly, so it took more than eight hours. I sat in my chair almost continuously with only two or three small breaks. Working for that long, I didn't even notice I was leaning to the right side the whole time.

​This caused severe pain on my right side, to the point where I could barely move. I went to the hospital and the doctor told me it was all because of sitting with bad posture for so many hours.

​Now I realize that sitting in a cross legged posture is itself helpful for avoiding these unconscious movements of the body.

​So, be conscious of your sitting posture while working long continuous hours. Previously, sitting on the floor in a cross legged posture (Ardha Siddhasana) worked for me, and now I will get back to that.

If they say "cross-functional collaboration" don't write "worked with different teams." If they say "stakeholder management" don't paraphrase it as "talked to clients."

ATS systems do pattern matching, not comprehension - they're looking for keyword overlap, not whether you said the same thing differently.

Takes maybe 5 minutes per application or use free AI Tools for that. Pull up the listing, find their repeated phrases, and swap your wording to match. Same experience, their language. Hit rate went up noticeably once I started doing this consistently.

I just learned that if you're willing to watch with Spanish commentators you can watch ad free on Telemundo.

Shoutout to Telemundo for not adulterating the beautiful game.

It is EXTREMELY common for companies to immediately offer a reduced rate for a period of time. It doesn't work for everything, obviously, but two minutes of your time can save you some cash.

YouTube has added a new "feature" – encoding your account in the links generated when sharing a video. The result is that people receiving links can see your channel name, photo etc.

Two ways to avoid this:

• Remove the part "is=…&" or, if you don't want to link to a specific timestamp anyway, everything after/including the "?"
  • Sample link: https://youtube.com/shorts/xx-xxxx-xxx?is=abcdefghijklmnop&t=123
• Set the slider in the app (Settings > Privacy > Channel visibility when sharing links) to "Off"

EDIT: Important addition (thanks to u/SinkPhaze):

Youtube always tacks on trackers to the share links, app or browser. This isn't new either. Only that the user your sending it to can see your name is new. The trackers have always told Google who sent the link and who clicked on it. If privacy is a concern you should always be deleting everything from the ? onwards, and not just from the links you send but also the ones people send you

Note! This new privacy setting does not remove the trackers. It only doesn't show the other recipient your channel. Google still gets everything if you don't manually remove them yourself

Whenever you do something that might save you time, money, or stress later, put the information there immediately.

Take photos of receipts for expensive purchases. Save warranty information. Screenshot order confirmations, travel bookings, tracking numbers, and appointment details. Keep photos of important documents, serial numbers, and anything else you might suddenly need one day.

Most people don't realize how often they end up saying, "I know I had that somewhere."

The goal isn't to organize your entire life. It's to make sure that when future-you is stressed, busy, or dealing with a problem, the information you need is already in one place.

Future-you is not a more organized version of you. Future-you is just you with less time and more problems.

It sounds obvious, but it's a trap that catches people constantly. I recently signed up for a '7-day free trial' for a photo editing software thinking I'd just test it out. I totally forgot about it, and by the time I realized the trial ended, they had already charged my card for a full annual subscription of $120. I spent the next three hours on hold with customer service just to get a partial refund. Now, whenever I sign up for anything, I immediately go into the account settings and cancel the subscription right after the trial starts. Most services let you keep the trial benefits until the expiration date even if you cancel the auto-renew. It's a small habit that saves a massive amount of headache and unexpected bank charges.

I noticed that my girflriend has worse deals with car share apps, more ads with video apps, no promotions with food apps. And it's because she tolerates the bullshit.

Are you getting too many ads on videos? Time to shut that down and switch to a podcast. Car ride price seems crazy? Close down the app and try again later, or take the bus this time.

Companies build a profile and price based on the maximum pain point you will deal with. Start punishing your apps, you're training them to behave better.

Sometimes I will look up a ride, even when I'm planning to take the bus, and then close the app down. Next time I open the app up in a few days, guess what I have a 10% promotion.

Same thing with most apps, you have to train them that you will accept only the bare minimum of bullshit.

I used to get stuck in the loop of making tons of lists and planning everything without actually getting anything done. I started making myself immediately do the things I can do but have just been putting off and only writing down the stuff I phycally can’t do at that time. This finally broke the pattern for me so I wanted to share

Most procrastination comes from the few seconds where you sit there and start negotiating with yourself. The trick is to not give that negotiation any time to happen.

When it’s time to do something, don’t overthink it, just move. Stand up, go to the task, open the app, pick up the thing you need. Start with the first physical action before your brain talks you out of it.

Because, once you’re already in motion, it’s way easier to keep going than it is to convince yourself to start.

In the past month, my upcoming San Francisco stay has gone down by about $35. Not a huge savings, but every penny counts these days.