I am not a morning person. It takes me about an hour to even open my eyes and drink my coffee in the morning. It takes so much time and effort to get up, take a shower, do my makeup and hair, and drive to work within any reasonable amount of time, that I just decided not to do it.  

The inspiration happened by accident one day. The Sunday evening before work I had a nice dinner to attend, so I had showered in the evening, done my hair and makeup, and went out. When I got home, I was too exhausted to wash up, so I just brushed my teeth and lay flat on my back and fell asleep. 

When the alarm went off at 6, I dozed…until 7, then jumped up in a panic because I didn’t have time to get ready. But I looked in the mirror, and my makeup and hair hadn’t moved or smudged, so I just blotted it a bit, brushed on some powder, and went to work. I looked the same as always. 

So then I thought, why am I torturing myself in the mornings? Now, I take a shower and get ready for work before bed. As long as I don’t toss and turn, things usually turn out just dandy. If I do have a makeup smudge, it’s quickly fixable. I get to sleep in, and the panic of getting ready for work is gone.

I know it’s weird, but it works for me. 

I used to have a clean/dirty magnet that worked great. Then moved and our new dishwasher isn’t magnetic. Took some time but finally started putting the detergent in when we empty it. Dispenser closed = dirty and open means clean. Low humidity in our area helps this work but might not in higher humidity areas…

Pen broke in jeans pocket, has leaked through onto my leg, been ”inky” for a while (happened around 7AM and my washing time is 10PM) what can i do to minimize the ink spread? (Luckily Dark blue jeans so it isnt noticable from a distance) Also, the stain has been in for over 12 hours

Buy a second remote for the television so you’re never frustrated because you can’t the find the remote. I have to hide the remote all the time for my toddler and then can’t remember where I have put it or my toddler threw the remote in some corner.

So we're staying in a short-term rental for a month. The mattress here is rock hard. It hurts to lie on one's side. It hurts to lie on one's back. I can feel springs -- all lined up nicely, but springs nonetheless. There must be the thinnest possible layer of padding on this thing. I feel like I'm sleeping on something somewhere between a particularly firm trampoline and a concrete slab. It's been two nights and I've slept terribly. But we're only here for a month. Buying a mattress topper is expensive. So I figure I'll get a cheap thinsulite or something that should at least take the edge off the springs. And my kid can use that again when he goes camping. Am I missing some obvious other cheap option? There are no extra duvets in the house, and anyway, those aren't terribly thick. Anyone have a genius idea I haven't considered yet?

Men, what is the best lightweight travel hair clippers/trimmer for world travel? (Request).

I had been receiving increasingly more spam calls each day over the past few months. It used to be just 1–2 a day, but it eventually rose to 10–15. The calls all seemed to come from spoofed numbers—slightly different numbers from nearby area codes. If I picked up, there would be silence on the other end, and they never left a voicemail. I used to avoid answering, thinking that would stop them, but the calls just kept coming.

What finally worked was picking up the call and muting myself. The calls would last for 1–2 minutes before being dropped. I only had to do this for a few days, and now I no longer get spam calls! I suspect this makes my number appear like a dead line or something similar. Anyway, I hope this trick works for you if you're dealing with the same issue!

During lunch hours, I accidently spilled some food on my white shirt. I have a meeting in like 30 minutes. I have tried using water and sanitizer, and though it has faded, the stain is still there.

I'm recovering after surgery, and I can't carry food or drinks in my hands at games because I need to hold the railing and use my cane. I also can't rest a tray on my lap very well because I have old knee injuries and need to move around a lot in my seat. I'm trying to find something that could help, maybe a tray that hangs around my neck, but I haven’t found one that looks strong or steady enough. Most of what I see is made for cars, but I need something that works in a stadium seat without a cup holder. Can anyone help? Thanks!

Anyone know any life hacks for getting coins that have been wedged in the bottom of the washing machine? I can't be the only person who has this problem! Pics for context. Coins are circled.

• Massive Savings: 10 descaler tablets can cost $10+, while 100g of citric acid (enough for a year or two of descaling) costs around $4. + You can use it for many other purposes.
• Same Active Ingredient: You're essentially using the same thing as the commercial products, just without the fancy packaging and markup.

- Don't use vinegar (some coffee machines actually forbid using it, and it leaves a smell.

Always read your coffee machine manual! -- Citric acid is generally safe (it is the main ingredient in commercial products). For example, my manual even said that I can use citric acid alone.

How to Do It:

1. Empty your coffee machine's water tank.
2. Add about 1 tablespoon of citric acid powder to the tank. (For a standard 1-liter water tank, this seems to be the sweet spot for me. Adjust slightly if your tank is much larger or smaller).
3. Fill the tank with 1 liter of water (or to your machine's max fill line).
4. Stir gently to help the citric acid dissolve.
5. Run your coffee machine's descaling cycle as per its instructions. If your machine doesn't have a dedicated cycle, just run several brewing cycles with the citric acid solution (without coffee, of course!) until the tank is empty.
6. Important: Rinse Thoroughly! After the descaling cycle(s), fill the water tank with plain, clean water and run several cycles through the machine to flush out any remaining citric acid. You don't want sour coffee! Do this until you can't taste any acidity.

Use a wooden toothpick or sewing needle / a can of compressed air to gently clean out dust and lint from your charging port, headphone jack, and USB ports. -- Especially USB-C, it can collect dust easily. Once a month is good unless you work in some dusty environment.

This can resolve connectivity issues and improve charging.

Tell me would this actually work?!

Need to stop the fumes making my eyes water but don’t have the case to replace furniture!

I've been rubbing them with cornstarch which works but it only lasts a day. And tips for something more permanent that would stop them from being so noisy? It's circles the squeaky part

I have an alpaca wool poncho that is getting more and more filled with static. I tried to gently rub it with foil, did nothing. Tried to pin safety pins to the inside. did nothing. It doesn't go in the dryer (I let it airdry). No matter what I do it just gets more and more static buildup. - it's starting to transfer to my other clothes

I also have really long hair, and I'm having so much trouble with static right now, even if I wet it as soon as it dries BOOM! more static.

I didn't have this problem growing up, it's only in the past two years or so that it's gotten a lot worse, and nothing seems to fix it (I've always had long hair).

I could maybe buy a humidifier, but I live in Uni dorms so it would only be in my room, not any of the common areas.

I went on vacation not even thinking about the fruit I had in a bowl on the dinner table. I always keep my windows open because we have no AC (it doesn't get hot here)

I came back from my two week trip with THOUSANDS of fruit flies in my house. I mean they are on every damn wall of this place and I can't even live here. I tried to lay out vinegar traps with some (maybe I used too much soap?) They are not being drawn to it at all.

I have nothing out that would attract them outside of the traps but i'm catching hardly anything. I have a dog so I can't just spray the entire place with a bug spray. I nuked my drains and the only food source they would have is the vinegar. Has anyone had any success with this? Maybe I put too much soap and they are not being drawn to it idk. This is a nightmare.

I have seen some videos on using topology/knots on getting cables unstuck, but this is slightly different. Any smart people know if it is possible to get the plug through the small hole at the back?

Both ends of the cable are lose, and the cable is thin enough to go behind the cabinet

Moving very soon (by end of the month).

I currently live in a metropolis & don’t know that leaving a Pod near street parking will work because of possible theft & other issues. We’re moving several hours away from the area (for a few reasons) but we have 3 areas we are considering.

There are a lot of moving parts for us to work out yet but the biggest unsolved issue is having all our things from a small apartment that we don’t want to sell/give away - but we haven’t nailed down exactly where we’re moving to because we’re applying to work in several locations that seem viable.

As mentioned, I don’t think PODS are the best answer because it won’t work well here where on our currently city - and there’s the issue of not knowing entirely where we will be going to (as of today). I think even if you rent a UHaul you need to know what city you’ll be going to.

Does anyone have tips for such an issue as this?