I was recently given a magazine called “Life Hacks”. An entire magazine dedicated to ideas on using household or simple solutions to everyday life problems. Using the word “hack” in a positive “let’s fix it” approach is completely different to the initial intent of the word, being “breaking int0 or over-riding security”. But once again a trend takes over a word and twists it around.
Moving back to the new daily life “hacks” magazine I received, there are some clever ideas such as pitting a cherry over the mouth of an empty water bottle by pushing through the cherry’s center with a chopstick and baking soda is pretty key to a number of smells and cleaning.
These are not new ideas. For over 100 years, Good Housekeeping has been publishing tips and tricks on household quick fixes. Mrs Beeton’s Cookery Book, is an extensive guide to running a household in Victorian Britain, edited by Isabella Beeton and first published as a book in 1861. It had previously been published in parts. It was originally entitled Beeton’s Book of Household Management, as one of the series of guide-books published by her husband, Samuel Beeton.
Simplifying and tidying up our lives and households with some pretty clever ideas means freeing up time to enjoy family and friends. I won’t have a perfect house, Mrs. Beeton, but my smart phone charging station is contained.
Here are couple car tips from this magazine:
Freeze bottles of water and use them to chill a cooler, you get extra drinking water and no messy, leaky coolers; and
Download or screenshot your route/directions just incase you lose cell service. Happy hacking!