Some life hacks, courtesy of 1000lifehacks.com:

1. Don’t practice until you get something right: practice until you can’t get it wrong.

2. No bug repellant?  Put dryer sheets in your shoes and in your pockets.  It will help keep mosquitos away.

3. Buy a house or apartment near a hospital.  Your power will always be restored before everyone else’s.

4. A teaspoon of sugar after eating something really spicy will completely neutralize the heat sensation.

5. Drinking half a glass of water before bed and half a glass when waking up can serve as a psychological cue to remembering all your dreams.

6. Learning to play a musical instrument or learning another language can slow the aging process of the brain.

7. Whenever you get burned, apply toothpaste.  It soothes the pain and stops the burning.

8. It’s beneficial to lick small cuts: A variety of compounds in human saliva actually do speed up the healing process.

9. By charging your laptop battery only up to 80% instead of 100%, you can greatly increase the usable life span of your battery.

10. You can “rewire” your brain to be happy by thinking about 3 things you are grateful for every day for 21 days.

11. Never send your resume to someone as a word document.  Send it as a PDF, it looks much more professional.  Just go to save as, and look for the PDF option.

12. Before you get a tattoo, think of what tattoo you would have gotten five years ago.

13. If you’re not scared by your ambitions, you’re not dreaming big enough.