My electric toothbrush is timed based on the four quadrants. It does a quick pause when it’s time to move to the next quadrant. I highly recommend a brush that does this, as it ensures that each quadrant gets the proper brushing time.

Most of us would rather deal with the stains than to have visibly wet pits in public. There’s a guy in my office known as “sweaty pit guy” just for this reason.

I use aluminum-free deodorant (MagSol) and still get stains. Unfortunately, this is the only non-aluminum deodorant that actually works for me. I’ve tried most other brands of non aluminum and none of them work at keeping neither sweat nor funk away all day.

If you can’t find a commercial one, the next time you’re at a restaurant that has sliced eggs in one of their dishes, offer the waitress or another low paid employee cash to buy one. I know when I worked food service, I would’ve happily swiped one from the kitchen for you for $20. We had a few, so one missing wouldn’t have been immediately noticed.

Also, only use it for eggs. There are other gadgets meant for slicing veggies, and an egg slicer isn’t one of them.

A small amount of white vinegar is great for odors and fabric softening in the wash, but the con is that is does nothing for static. Dryer sheets help with softness, static, and fragrance (if you’re into that). I do vinegar in the wash and a wool ball in the dryer.

True, but only if you use too much. Regular fabric softener isn’t great for your machines either.

A good therapist can really help! I was totally against it for years and chose alcohol to deal with social situations. Now I am listening to social anxiety podcasts, reading self help books, and seeing a therapist a couple times a month to talk through it. It’s working. I also got a prescription for propanolol from my doctor to help with public speaking, and this helps keep my body from exhibiting the social anxiety symptoms that cripple me when I have to speak in front of a group. I also recently tried phenibut, and even though it works, I would never recommend it to others due to its high potential for addiction and the horrible withdrawal that many users report.

This is almost as awkward as when a woman truly looks pregnant and you ask when she’s due only to find out she isn’t pregnant

Don’t ask any personal questions when you meet new people. Keep all questions general and let them share whatever they’re comfortable sharing. Talk about yourself or the surroundings/event and let them open up at their own pace.

Yes. We messed up by getting a black dog, a white dog, and an orange cat. No matter what color we wear nor what furniture color we buy, hair always shows.

They’re called “dad’s slices” in my house. Somehow they mysteriously only get used on sandwiches that are made for me to eat.

This. I’d even recommend scheduling the heat to turn on. It’s much easier to get up when the house is warm and staying under the covers starts to get hot.

That’s all it did for me too lol. Quick way to hate your favorite song

Same. I’ve tried all of the tricks, but my body needs a solid 8 hours for me to feel halfway decent in the morning. The only way to get it is to get in a routine of going to bed earlier each night. To do so, I had to tolerate about a week of forcing myself up early feeling like crap all day so that I’d be tired and ready for bed earlier.

My gf and I do this for each other. We each order something that we think we both may like and sample from each other’s plates. It helps us try new things because we don’t have to worry about one of us being stuck with something we don’t like.

Or just don’t argue with anyone. Most people can’t be convinced to change their opinions. Speak your mind when appropriate, but unless someone is showing that they’re interested in a rational debate of facts and ideas, walk away when they start arguing without providing reliably sourced facts. I’ve learned that most people either make up facts (or get them from memes on social media) or use anecdotal evidence to back up their nonsense.

Good point! My boss’s perception is the only one that matters (in my situation), and he can see what time I got there and should expect me to leave before everyone else. But I’ve also worked at places where your advice applies because coworkers started getting resentful watching me leave 2 hours before them every day- even though I got there 2 hours before them.

Yep! And I typically get to avoid rush hour by leaving earlier, saving me another 30+ minutes of sitting in traffic. I also get to utilize OP’s tip because my lunch break is an hour before everyone else’s. So when I come back from mine, most of them are leaving for theirs and I get some more time to myself.

I’m always disappointed when I find out my boss is taking the same days off as me. I would’ve just worked if I knew they weren’t going to be there lol.

This is one of the reasons people love WFH so much. My boss has no idea what I’m doing throughout the day. As long as my output reflects 40 hours worth of work each week, they don’t know (nor probably even care) when and how long my lunch is. It’s also the reason a lot of bad bosses hate WFH- they can’t micromanage an employee’s time as easily (unless it’s a job where you’re on camera or the phone all day).

Same. OP mentioned relaxing for an extra half hour- not staying on lunch for an extra half hour.

I don’t see where OP said that their job isn’t getting done.

If you have that kind of control over your work schedule, a better tip is to go in well before everyone else. I go in at 6 and leave at 3. Most people, my boss included, don’t get in until 8 or 9- which gives me a couple of hours in peace before the emails and meeting requests start rolling in. Even better, by the time they arrive and are just getting situated, I’m already in gear looking like I’m a much higher performer than I really am lol. They don’t know that I was taking it easy for those first couple of hours that no one else was there.

Cooking something together, tv watch party for a show/movie/sport, video/board/card game, and of course- alcohol/marijuana always makes things more interesting even if you’re doing nothing (if your guests partake in these).

Yep! That stuff must be magic to clean up what I did.