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So You Wanna Learn a Language?
Growing up in America, I spoke English at home my whole life. It's pretty normal in American culture to only know one language—English, even if your family speaks more than one. I often begged my mother to teach me her native language of Tagalog but I never ended up learning it. It felt odd to me that I only spoke one language and my cousins halfway across the world all spoke at least three. But then one day my world changed.
By Lana Alison7 years ago in Lifehack
Debt & Your Happiness
At some point in the majority of people’s lives, they have been in debt. Whether it is student loan debt for getting an education or falling into a credit trap, you are not alone. The average person in the UK has an average of £8,000 of debt.
By Karine Singer7 years ago in Lifehack
How to Be a Better Artist
I like to draw, aspire to be better, because through art, I'm able to create entirely new worlds and characters. There are a lot of people who are much better artists than I'll ever be, even if I study their work and try to emulate it. For these people, and the painful inferiority complex they've created in me, my solution is usually more liquor. But liquor is expensive, and the family interventions are starting to wear on me.
By Gannon Kendrick7 years ago in Lifehack
How to Become a Morning Person
Have you always wanted to be the type of person who can just hop out of bed, make a healthy breakfast, exercise and then crack on with the rest of the morning? It seems impossible doesn't it? Well it turns out that becoming a morning person isn't actually as difficult as it has to be.
By Keen to Clean7 years ago in Lifehack
10 Dorm Room Lifehacks Every College Student Should Know
Starting college is a huge adjustment for a multitude of reasons, not least of which is trying to live in a cramped dorm with a bunch of strangers. For most, dorm life is an unavoidable headache, but it's important to do what you can to focus on your studies and not let yourself get bogged down with the hassles of living in a dorm. These dorm room lifehacks, much like popular organizing tips for the perfect home renovation, will help make your life just a bit easier so you can focus on what's important.
By Joseph D. N. Kendrick7 years ago in Lifehack
Ways to Earn Extra Money/Gift Card Online
Extra cash or even gift cards on the side can be extremely useful. I have been using these methods for quite a while but let me tell you the most important NEED to make these work. Patience. If you are not patient you will NOT succeed!
By Brittany Boon-Marchand7 years ago in Lifehack
Cool Tech Cleaning Lifehacks You Need to Know
There are three kinds of people in this world: Those who live with grimy and smudgy electronics because they're too scared or lazy to clean them properly, those who go for it but end up with clean and damaged electronics, and those that follow these kinds of tech cleaning lifehacks. Many people know the basic tips and tricks for cleaning most items (baking soda and vinegar science is unbelievable); but often, these usual suspects can be damaging to your technology. When it comes to fragile, valuable items like your phone and computer, you don't want to be messing around with harmful chemicals or rough materials, but you also want to keep them looking nice. Luckily, these tips and tricks make tech care easy and safe for your beloved electronics.
By Nicola P. Young7 years ago in Lifehack
How to Interact with Deaf People
I would like to start by prefacing that I am a hearing person. My ties to the Deaf World began with a family friend who is Deaf. During my senior year of undergrad, I decided to take a full year of American Sign Language (or ASL) and fell in love with the language and culture.
By Jordan Francisco7 years ago in Lifehack
Roommate Lifehacks Every Apartment Dweller Needs to Know
Living with roommates is something almost everyone experiences at some point in their life, whether in college or in their early adult years. Many people have bad roommate experiences as well, because they don’t know exactly how to deal with the experience of living on their own, much less living with a friend or even a stranger. It can be hard to navigate all the small details that come along with roommate living, such as chores, bills, visitors, noise, communication, etc. We’ve researched some roommate lifehacks to make it easier for you as you try to adjust to living with roommates for the first time. That way, you can hopefully avoid some of the horror stories you may have heard from friends. Here are some basic roommate lifehacks to follow.
By Morgan E. Westling7 years ago in Lifehack
Investment & Finance
In today’s economy it is getting harder and harder to save. Minimum wage goes up resulting in the cost of living to go up. We still strive as a society to the image of “keeping up with the Jones’” when in reality it is making people spend money they don’t have. Putting thousands of dollars on credit cards, refinancing their homes, and having to get multiple jobs to just keep up with bills. Most of the time ending with people losing their homes or filling bankruptcy. People try these programs such as ItWorks, Youngliving, Beachbody, etc. But what they don’t tell you is that most people who try to make that their income source can barely make extra side money. There is a very low percentage of people who actually come out on top from doing programs like those listed above.
By Nikki Sanger7 years ago in Lifehack
