Being You: Tips for girls (:

50 Life Hacks

1.  A handicapped parking spot needs a sign to be valid. If it just has a wheelchair painted on the ground you can legally park there.

2. Running low on battery? Put your phone on aeroplane mode and it'll charge much quicker.

3. Fold your receipt around the gift card to always know your balance.

4. If you want to download a youtube video, just add 'ss' to the url between www. and youtube.

5. Use a spring from an old pen to keep your charger from beding or breaking.

6. Have a good 20-minute work out in the morning. Then you can be lazy for the rest of the day and you won't feel guilty.

7. Mixing alcohol with diet coke will get you more drunk than mixing it with regular coke.

8. Tell people to pick a number between 12 and 5, 95% of people will choose 7 because they automatically subtract it.

9. Make a password into a goal of your so that you constantly have to be reminded of it.

10. Sugar can cure a burnt tongue.

11. When a friend is venting to you, sometimes its better to stay silent instead of trying to give advice.

12. Putting your phone into aeroplane mode will stop ads from appearing whilst playing games.

13. Have a mosquito bite? Press a hot spoon onto the spot. The heat will destroy the reaction and the itching will stop.

14. Need some free wifi? The best places to go are panera, mcdonalds, apple store, office depot, staples and courtyard marriott.

15. Have leftover coffee from the morning? Make coffee ice cubes. Can be used to cool iced coffee without diluting it.

16. If the taxi driver asks if you're 'from around here' say yes. Sometimes they drive farther and drive up the price for tourists.

17. Going to a bar? Start by giving the bartender a £20 tip. You'll get amazing service for the rest of the night.

18. If you ever get caught sleeping on the job or in school, slowly raise your head and say 'in jesus' name, amen'.

19. Wrinkly shirt? Throw it in the dryer for 5 minutes with a few ice cubes- wrinkles gone!

20. If you chew gum when you study a subject and then chew the smae flavour when you take the test it can help you remember.

21. Put pancake mix in a ketchup bottle for a clean, no mess experience.

22. If you bought something on amazon and the price goes down within 30 days you can email them and they will send you the difference.

23. A cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing should go away.

24. If you go to a zoo, wear the smae colours as the employees. The animals will come right up to you instead of backing away,

25. You can turn an old CD spindle into a unique bagel holder.

26. Don't want to be embarressed by buying something? Buy a birthday card with it.

27. On www.supercook.com you just enter what ingrediants you have and it tells you what meals you can make and how to make them.

28. If a disk is skipping, rub a banana over ti to seal the scratches. Remember to wipe it off before you stick it back in.

29. Need to tell a believable lie? Include an embarressing detail, nobody doubts a story that makes you look dumb.

30. If you ever get trapped underwater in your car, use the carseat headrest to break the window.

31. If someone presses all the buttons on an elevator, you can avoid stopping on each floor by pressing each button again twice.

32. Getting nauseous from reading in the car? Tilt your head side to side and it'll go away!

33. In areas with lots of stoplights, going exactly the speed limit will help you hit more green lights.

34. You can heal paper cuts and immediately stop the pain with chapstick.

35. When ordering coffee ask for a medium in a large cup. They'll likely overfill it and you'll get a cheap large coffee.

36. If you mess up a voicemail to somebody press # and re-record.

37. Lick your wrist and smell it, This is what your breath smells like to others.

38. If you accidently close a tab, ctrl+shift+t reopens it.

39. Put your home phone number into your cell phone's contact list under "owner" that way if someone finds it they can contact you.

40. Out of AA batteries? You can use AAA batteries by filling in the gap on the positive side with a small wad of tinfoil.

41. Put a small amount of water in a glass when you microwave your pizza to keep the crust from getting chewy.

42. When watching a DVD press stop-stop-play-skip to skip the ads and go straight to the movie.

43. Try applying your deodrant at night instead of the morning. It'll be more effective and you'll sweat less the next day.

44. When buying something online only read the reviews that gave it 3 stars- they're usually the most honest about the pros and the cons.

45. Suspect someones giving you the wrong phone number? Read it back to them incorrectly, if they correct you, its legit.

46. Want to make a drink cold really fast? Wrap it in a wet paper towel and put it in the freezer for 15 minutes.

47. Get the Wifi password for almost anywhere by checking the comments on Foursquare.

48. If you download a PDF file and you see it ends in .exe, delete it, its a virus.

49. You are allowed to call the police if you ever see a pet alone in a hot car.

50. When filming a video at a concert, put a finger over your phones microphone, it'l sound clearer when you play it back.