For example, I 3d printed a box over my outlet to protect my cables from my bed pushing against it. In addition, my cables never fall to the floor so they’re much easier to grab.

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    Buy multiple chargers and charging cables for my devices. One on my nightstand, one on my desk, one in the living room and one in my work bag.

    If it’s relatively cheap, buy multiples and spread them around so you’ll never have to look for it.

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    I saw a video that opened my eyes to what I could do with plastic wrap in the context of food storage. Also freezing stuff. In general I feel like both help me keep my groceries fresher and also waste less.

    Some examples. Sometimes you only need half of an onion. I used to use an entire zip lockbag or just put it in the fridge as is. This is such an obvious idea but now I just plastic wrap left over veggies and they stay super fresh. Plastic wrap can pretty much be used to create a near airtight bag of any shape and size.

    Another example with freezers is sometimes I buy things like jalapenos and end up only using half of them and eventually have to throw the other half out. Again this is such an obvious idea in hindsight but now I just freeze the other half. They can pretty much stay fresh for months and I will end up figuring out another use for them in the meantime.

    Both these ideas seem so obvious but for some reason didn’t really come naturally to me until I watched some cooking videos and found this is what some chefs do.

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      So you are telling me that you found the idea of using disposable plastic wrap instead of reusable zipbags revolutionairy? Huh, seems like a step back to me.

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        If you knew the absurd amounts of plastic wrap every restaurant goes through, you’d see the metre or 2 that this guy goes through a month for personal use is of negligable impact.

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          I know that they have a negligible impact. Still going from something reusable to something disposable seems like a step back to me.

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    I bought 20 pairs of identical socks.Now every sock matches and makes putting away laundry easier.

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      Until the first few break down and you need to buy new ones, just to realize they are different from the ones you have by now (or discontinued outright).

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    Everything that takes under two minutes to complete gets done immediately. Future me loves past me now

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      I managed to clean the kitchen and do the dishes every evening for two weeks in a row now and it is a start to be nice to tomorrow me. If it becomes a habit, I will try to do more, but for now it is hard enough, but also so, so satisfying the next morning! Past me, today me and tomorrow me are a team!

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    When going on vacations abroad, we bring a power strip from home. With it, you’ll only need a single international converter to power multiple devices.

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    Buy two of things. If you have trouble washing something, like bed sheets, buy a second set. You can change them first, then you have some more time to wash and dry and fold the other set. Otherwise, if you only have one, then you have to wash and dry and remake your bed in a shorter time window.