19 Life tips that are so smart, they feel illegal: 'Professional house cleaning is cheaper than you think'

It's hard to learn the cheat codes of real life. Turns out, the world isn't like a video game where we can just type 'motherlode' on the loading screen to earn ourselves 50,000 Simoleons. In the real world, there aren't any easy shortcuts or simple hacks that can get us living more comfortably, but there are some tips n' tricks that can get us a little closer to the ideal.

For those of us who didn't grow up with a wise old guru at our side teaching us the ancient ways of freezing rubber bands to make them last longer or giving us insight on the perfect baby shower gift, I present to you something far wiser: The Internet! Keep scrolling for this month's greatest and most insightful life hacks that'll surely become a normal practice in your daily life. You can thank kind strangers online for these gems of wisdom–it may not be $50k, but it just might protect you from the woes of a stinky trashcan!

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