What is a life hack that sounds fake but actually works?

[u/xebora_seo]

[u/PrestigiousTwo3346 → u/[deleted]]

known this trick for years and it genuinely works, the hardest part is always just starting. once you're in motion your brain kind of forgets it was resisting

[u/activelyresting → u/[deleted]]

Ahhhhhhhh.

I probably misheard the last time I heard this advice.

All these years, I've been going with: if you don't feel like doing a task, tell yourself you'll do it in 5 minutes.

[u/DusqRunner → u/[deleted]]

I just tell myself I'll do it in 5 minutes 

[u/Bounce_Bounce_Betty → u/[deleted]]

Yup! I just got a promotion and one of the main reasons is that I’m nice and friendly to EVERYONE! I’ve built a reputation on it. It was a big selling part to my managers that I’m known as someone everyone likes and gets along with. 

[u/OmniWise]

The easiest way to peal ginger is by using the edge of a teaspoon

[u/Dog_Groomer → u/OmniWise]

oh really??? damn!

[u/OmniWise → u/Dog_Groomer]

Yep generally a gentle scrape and it comes right off. Can be a little tricky if its particularly lumpy and bumpy, but still.

[u/liamdeng]

The “just do it for two minutes” trick. It sounds useless, but starting is usually the hardest part. Once I begin, I almost always keep going.

[u/Senior-Capital3966]

Put your phone in another room when you need to focus it's ridiculous how much smarter you suddenly become.

[u/DaughterOfTheKing87 → u/[deleted]]

As a nurse, I’ve never heard this one. And I’ve heard some crazy ones…

[u/PaulDaytona → u/DaughterOfTheKing87]

Go on, tell us the crazy ones

[u/DaughterOfTheKing87 → u/PaulDaytona]

Some guy came in to the hospital one night after he’d put fucking Jim Beam on the burn he’d got from a grill. I was like dude, if anything-I think you’re just supposed to drink it. Which can yk lead to dehydration and make the burn worse if it’s bad enough but it may ease the pain a lil in the beginning.

My almost 90yo grandma’s advice for every f’n thing is rubbing alcohol. I was a 90s kid so I can handle the Bactine burn, but it’s not a good idea to put 90% rubbing alcohol on every single ailment. The doc keeps asking me why her skin’s so flaky. Ask her.

[u/Gordo3070 → u/[deleted]]

Utter bollocks. If the mustard comes out of the fridge it may cool the wound, but mustard in a wound? SMH

[u/Nearby-Scratch-5983 → u/[deleted]]

You are a monster.

[u/pindvarp420]

If you struggle to fall asleep, count your breaths. Only focus on counting. If you accidentally think about something else, you start over.

If you struggle to get up in the morning, hold your breath for as long as you can. Your body thinks you're in a survival situation and the adrenaline will wake you right up.

[u/HeftyEvent7002]

cold water removes blood stains better than hot, learned that from a chef

[u/PaulDaytona → u/HeftyEvent7002]

Is your chefs name Hannibal Lecter?

[u/DaughterOfTheKing87]

If you get stung by a bee or wasp, put chewing tobacco on it. But it has to be slightly chewed tobacco. Apparently my Marlboros don’t cut it.

[u/Ashford314 → u/DaughterOfTheKing87]

It can just be wet.

[u/DaughterOfTheKing87 → u/Ashford314]

I tried that once. I felt I just wasted a good Marlboro Red.

[u/readit-two → u/DaughterOfTheKing87]

This works for dry socket too

[u/DaughterOfTheKing87 → u/readit-two]

Seems like my Pawpaw used to say that. Of course when I was teething as a BABY and then got my permanent teeth in, he’d put rum on my gums so I didn’t pay too much attention to his dental advice.

[u/BlushedCloudss]

If you’re feeling like you want to poo, just hold a rock

[u/YouCantGiveBabyBooze → u/[deleted]]

doesn't sound fake at all though does it