LPT Minimize sadness by betting against your team If you like to throw in a friendly wager for sports or other games, minimize being completely sad by betting against your team. If your team wins, you may have lost whatever you wagered but you’re happy that your team won! If your team loses, you can be sad for that but then realize that you won your bet. This approach is better if you are risk …

LPT : If you want to lower the amount of time you use your phone, stop using fast charging. If you switch to the slowest possible charging methods for your phone then over time you’ll have to get used to just using your phone less to not drain the battery or else be forced to camp next to the charger (use a shorter cable if you wanna make it harder to do this). This will generally never affect anything in your life outside of home too…

LPT – If you love animals and hate plastic waste, consider donating your empty prescription bottles to an animal shelter. Lots of animal rescues will accept donations of clean, empty prescription pill bottles and reuse them to distribute foster pet meds. Animal shelters are frequently running on limited funds, so pill bottle donations are often highly appreciated. submitted by /u/Automatic_Bug9841

LPT after purchasing a big ticket item that comes with a warranty, be sure to to read over the warranty documentation soon after purchasing I just installed an AC unit… after reading the warranty documentation I found that I had to register it with the company online. If I had failed to do that within 60 days, the warranty would have only be applicable for HALF the time. I luckily was bored and read that, or I’d of missed out on a lot of potential coverage. submitted by /u/…

LPT When in charge of a small child who is unhappy, consider they might be thirsty and offer water. submitted by /u/jumpedoutoftheboat

LPT To Help Alleviate Allergies in New Apartment or Home Replace air filter(s) with filters that have a MERV 11 or higher rating. Set HVAC to the Fan On setting and allow it to run continuously for 72 hours. Try to allow it to run for several hours with windows and/or doors open during this period to help ventilate. submitted by /u/BetaRhoVelo

LPT Pandora Create multiple channels with similar artists and every time an ad starts you can just change the station and the music will start and skip over the ad submitted by /u/Justjay0420

LPT : if your vacuum cleaner has a light at floor level, use it in the dark If you use it in the dark, the light will highlight all the dust/hair/dirt in a way that will be shocking if you’ve never used it that way before. Very helpful. submitted by /u/Jeffrey_Friedl

LPT – Do not cancel non refundable airline tickets If you buy Basic Economy fares that you are not using and you can’t refund or get a credit on, do not cancel them if you can’t go. Instead, just keep the flight and simply don’t show up to it. If the flight gets canceled or delayed significantly, you will get your money back. Bonus LPT: Check the app/website for the standby list and seat map. If…

LPT Don’t wait until an emergency to unbox your emergency items LPT Check out any emergency items you have. Don’t wait until the emergency happens and you need to use the item. Read the directions and visualize the setup, and also inspect the equipment to make sure you have everything and nothing is broken. If you wait until you need it, you may find out you don’t have the right plug and need a converter, or…

LPT – Struggling with organization and losing things? Adopt the “Don’t put it down, put it away” rule to reduce clutter and save time finding items. Perfect for those with ADHD and anyone who struggles with organization. As someone with ADHD, I know how challenging it can be to stay organized and keep track of things. That’s why I wanted to share a simple phrase that has helped me immensely: “Don’t put it down, put it away.” Whenever I finish using an item, instead of leaving it out or putting it down somewhere random, I take a few extra seconds to put it away i…

LPT the hardest part about finishing a task is starting it in the first place i think there’s a lot of factors at play here so it’s important to self-diagnose yourself a little bit to figure out your own pesronal circumstances for me at least, i tend to procrastinate a lot, wait too much for the perfect time to start, get distracted too easily, feel overwhelmed, and being scared of failing / not knowing what to do imho, t…

LPT your dog can easily scorch their paws on hot pavement, causing injury Asphalt can heat up very quickly in the summer months, getting as high as 150 degrees f (65 degrees c) or more and can scorch your dog’s paws which is very painful for them. How do you know when it’s too hot? Easy test: take your shoes off and walk briefly on the pavement. The rule of thumb is that if it’s too hot for you, it’s too hot for your …

LPT – The quickest/easiest way to input times into a microwave is by only using one number. I.E., 11 for 10 seconds, 22 for 20, 33 for thirty, et cetera. You can go up to 99 for a minute and a half. I never use the “0” button. submitted by /u/ercussio126

LPT – Triple click your iPhone button to turn the screen fully red at night (with instructions) I have benefitted tremendously from using red light in my house at night, and also using my iPad with red light only (it doesn’t inhibit melatonin as much as with blue light from a normal screen). I notice a huge difference in how quickly I fall asleep doing this, so here’s how to do it! Step 1: Set Up Color Filters 1. Open Settings: Tap on the …

LPT get a service that begins with the first letter of the alphabet 3x in a row There’s this service that is the first letter of the alphabet 3x in a row. They will tow your car and shit when you really need it. I got my daughter and myself on one policy for pretty cheap and now I know if she breaks down she won’t be stranded. I tried to post this before but it was removed for being an advertisement. It isn’t an advertiseme…

LPT If you have electric baseboard heaters and electronic wall mounted thermometers, check them for waste heat, turn them off by turning off those 220v breakers (Canada) I was surprised at the heat being generated through the air vent of the wall mounted smart thermometer. I got my kitchen infrared thermometer to check, 45c (113f) air coming out! So I turned off all the breakers for the baseboard heaters for the summer period. If you do this, you will lose any fancy programming you put in them, but I set them o…

LPT Press on someone’s back to make them stop snoring It doesn’t last long after you stop pressing unfortunately, but it’s truly a quick & easy miracle remedy if you’re trying to sleep next to a big snorer. submitted by /u/ArKadeFlre

LPT If I get refunded for an order, but the seller reships it back to me AFTER I was refunded and the case was closed, am I legally supposed to return it back? I had ordered an expensive ($300 USD) outfit abroad, and checked out with my PayPal. The outfit was not up to par- there were issues with sizing, stitching, missing bead work.. just really bad and not worth what I paid for. I reached out to the seller and they asked me to send the outfit back to them and promised me a full refund once they recie…

LPT Use your reminders app as a grocery list in IOS For those who don’t know, reminders app can act as grocery list as well. After you created a list > go into list > three dots on top right of list > show list info > change list type > grocery You can use siri to add items to the list you created. It categorized the items automatically in the list. No more struggle with third party apps. More t…