Life hacks. They’re what make life just a little easier, better, and more fun. Below, you will find a nice list of life hacks & tips I’m sure you never knew. These will cover things that may save you in school, money, and food situations.

1. If you forget someone’s name, ask them what their name is! They make look annoyed but they’ll tell you and then you can say “Oh I’m sorry! I meant your last name!”.
2. If you have no idea what to get someone for their birthday, a holiday, etc, have them take three guesses to what you got them. Now, you have three ideas on what to get them!
3. If you are ever homeless, spend your money on a twenty-four-hour gym membership. Then you have the ability to stay fit, use their showers, and a safe place to spend the night.
4. At the grocery store, they normally put the most expensive products right at eye level. Try looking at the top or bottom racks.
5. If you are questionable too if a vending machine works, put in your lowest coin or dollar value first. If it shows up as it was taken in, it works!
6. If you want to dip your Oreos in milk but don’t want to get your hands dirty, put a fork in between the cream so that way you can dunk it right in
7. If you’re renting a movie from Redbox, put two movies in your cart, then remove one, and then go to checkout. Normally, an offer will come up for a discount on that second movie.
8. At Chipotle, there’s no limit to the number of tortillas you order.
9. If you’re ever taking a cab somewhere unfamiliar to you and you’re a bit skeptical about if the driver is taking you the right way, put on your GPS too.
10. If you live really close to your neighbors, you could share the WiFi and split the bill.
11. If you are buying headphones or speakers, test them out with “Bohemian Rhapsody” because it has the entire range of high and low vocals and instruments.
12. Make a password a goal of yours so you are constantly reminded of it.
13. At Disney World, you can request a wake-up call from any Disney character you want!
14. Get caught doing something embarrassing in public? Say it was a dare or you lost a bet.
15. At a restaurant, most likely the dirtiest thing you’ll touch is the menu.
16. Don’t know whether to use “affect” or “effect”? Just use “impact”!
17. At the bottom of every Krispy Kreme receipt, there’s a survey. Once you fill out the survey, you get a free doughnut! When you claim your free doughnut, you get another receipt. Free doughnuts!

Sophia Rees