life pro tips

Here’s a list of the “life pro tips”1 that I have personally discovered and that have genuinely improved my life.

never buy screenwash

Buying screenwash (a.k.a. windshield wiper fluid) for your car is a waste of money. Instead, buy concentrated screenwash and dilute as necessary. The cost is about 20% of buying the pre-diluted bottles that everybody wants to sell you. Plus, bringing back 1 × 250ml plastic bottle of concentrate is a lot easier than schlepping its equivalent of 5 × 5L plastic can from the store. You can also find concentrated antifrost and cleaner for use in winter, but it is very hard to find and not as concentracted so the saving only about 50%.

egg cookers

You don’t make soft or hard boiled eggs in a pain of boiling water. Instead you use of of those automatic egg cooker things because: idiot proof (just add eggs and the required amount of water); repeatable results; super efficient vis-à-vis energy consumption and water consumption; simple to clean.

soup maker machine

Making soup from fresh ingredients is greatly simplified by using an all-in-one blender and soup maker things. Insert ingredients, add water, press the buttons to start the cycle. No supervision is needed. Get on with something else while it blends, cooks, and whatever else it needs to do. It will eventually beep when its ready. Pour out and enjoy.

baby changing station2

If you have kids, get a baby changing station. Changing them on the floor or a dining table or kitchen top will kill your back; a changing station adjusted to the correct height will save your back.

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If you are looking for those from other people, there is r/LifeProTips ↩︎

This was passed on to me by a close friend who had three kids. I can verify the veracity of this LPT. ↩︎