'Create a routine for before exercise': Time-saving life hacks from titans of optimization

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Dec 25, 2023 7:00 PM EST

I'm all about optimization and efficiency. If there's something to be done, I want it done in the quickest and most effective manner possible. When it comes to washing my hair, I have an exact routine, down to the hand motions. It feels like a choreographed dance and it gets the job done every time. I wish I had a system like that for every aspect of my life, to quell the chaos. But maybe the chaos is necessary for real human life. If you hold on too tight to a routine, it might make you easily breakable. 

But it's great to have small solutions where you can, and sometimes you need someone from the outside looking in to tell you what you could be doing differently. This is where Reddit comes in. They have life hacks to share and we have the need to implement them. It's a great relationship. 

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    r/AskReddit u/StrawHatTeacher • 9h What's a life hack that's so simple yet so effective, you're shocked more people don't know about it?
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    The-Proud-Snail • 4h ● Always write down momentarily good ideas. Don't lean on your memory
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    CMYKawa 5h If you have an itchy mosquito bite, hear up a spoon under semi-hot water (like 45-50°C), dry it off and tap or press it on the bite. Just as short as you can tolerate it but also as long as possible. The heat dissolves the protein that makes the mosquito bite itch.
    via u/CMYKawa
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    Sendmedoge. 5h If you're putting together furniture, leave all the screws a little loose. Finish the whole thing. Place it where its going to be. Wiggle it so it settles into place. THEN tighten all the bolts. No wobble!
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    GodsBGood • 6h Take the advice you find on the internet with a grain of salt.
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    sunbearimon • 9h ● Percentages are reversible. Working out 4% of 50 will give you the same result as 50% of 4
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    Rarefindofthemind. 6h If you want a comfortable pair of high heels, invest in a pair of dance heels. Lots of beautiful designs and colors, designed to be flexible and comfortable. Worth every penny. Just make sure they're not felt-soled if you plan on wearing them outdoors. A good quality pair from a company like Repetto are worth getting rubber-soled if they aren't already. Your feet will thank you. ETA: So glad some of you found this helpful. My mother has permanent foot deformation from weari
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    TheNinjaPixie • 5h I am extremely organized except where my keys were concerned. I lost them several times a week. Then I saw the comedian Jon Richardson saying that people with keys are "putters" or "leavers" I was a leaver, leaving my keys lying around so i decided to be a putter. As soon as I get in i PUT my keys straight into my bag. It seems so stupid but it totally works and has saved me a lot of stress!
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    trueselfhere • 5h Never gossip no matter how much you dislike a person. It can be really helpful in particular at work when that person you dislike and you consider to be dumber to actually save your in certain situation rather than have him/her as your rival. I keep receiving gossips from various colleagues about others and always pretend to never know anything while I know lots of details and I agree with many of these sometimes. This is really helpful in your career being neutral and have peo
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    Elrond_Cupboard_. 5h Create a routine for BEFORE exercise. I do the exact same things every time I go to the gym. When I'm not motivated, those little pre workout habits just trigger me into action.
    via u/Elrond_Cupboard_
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    • 4h Future you always do things throughout the day that will benefit future you. 99problemnancy
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    Koroku_Gaming . 5h Going to bed at a consistent time to get enough sleep (really prioritising it). It literally makes life so much better and easier. Health improvements in every aspect. Both mental and physical. People live their lives chronically underslept and it causes all types of chaos in their lives. They think it's freedom to stay up late or go to bed whenever they want (usually covering up a cycle of revenge bedtime procrastination), but they are unbeknownst to themselves in an undersle
    via u/Koroku_Gaming
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    Glade Runner • 9h Casseroles provide far more servings with far less cost and effort of many other dishes.
    via u/Glade_Runner
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    Carsalezguy • 7h Put skewers through asparagus like a ladder when grilling, makes it easy to cook and flip evenly.
    via u/Carsalezguy
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    bex021 4h ● Buy a bunch of the same style and color socks and you never have to match socks again. I have a drawer with just socks, and every time I reach in and grab two...I have a pair of matching socks. Game changer.
    via u/bex021
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    HauntingOutcome. 4h If you work at a PC all day, turn the night light on constantly (I have it set to turn on at 4am and off at 3am. Makes a huge difference in eye strain. After you get used to it other screens feel like looking at the sun. I set up one of my colleagues PCs the same and a week later she told me she had stopped getting headaches every day at 1pm, which she had even been going to the opticians for.
    via u/HauntingOutcome
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    monetarydread. 6h The 5 minute rule - If you have something that needs doing, and it can be accomplished in 5 minutes, or less, then why not do it immediately?
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    YellHound 6h ● Sick of losing socks in the laundry? Wash them in one of those mesh garment bags. I never lose them and it's so much easier to put them away when you're only sorting through them out of the bag than across the whole pile of shirts and whatever else out of the dryer.
    via u/YellHound
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    AurelianoTampa • 7h When you finish a bath or shower, before toweling off, rub your hands over your body like a windshield wiper in a car to get off excess water. You brush off a ton of water, meaning there's a lot less to towel off after and less dripping into the floor. Takes only a few seconds and keeps your bathroom from getting soaked while you dry yourself with a towel.
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