I have a mini garbage can in every room now. Idk why I resisted this for so long but man does it help immediately keep everything cleaner.
moved from the wet PNW climate to a very dry region, and I switched from moisturizers specifically made for the face to a heavy duty shea-butter/coconut oil based formula (made by a local artisan, it’s meant for the body but the only thing that relieves the dry, “tight” skin feeling.) I also switched from mascara and extensions (which always looked off on my face anyways) to getting my lashes tinted every month or so, it’s only 30 bucks and saves a ton of time in the morning and no more mascara streaks. I can just curl them if they need a boost
My friend told me she has a designated drawer in the end table in her entrance way for any tax-deductible receipts she picks up while she’s out. As soon as she gets home, the receipts go straight in the drawer so she knows exactly where they all are come tax time (I need to implement this yesterday)
I’ve recently switched from making coffee daily to making a big pitcher of iced green tea every few days and having a glass in the mornings instead, I feel way less jittery, its that much faster, and it’s very refreshing. Or sometimes I’ll throw matcha powder straight into my breakfast smoothie.
I keep work clothes at work – I have pets and I can’t lint roll enough to stay pet hair free (where I work has and uses a washing machine.)
I get loads of compliments on my “air freshener” and how good my space always smells but it’s the orange-mango lysol (I have to disinfect between clients)
Not sure if this is a thing with gardeners, but I accidentally left my green tea pitcher out overnight and what was left went a bit weird, so I used it to water my seedlings and holy smokes they practically exploded overnight – since then I do it once a week with the end of the pitcher and my plants always look better for it.
Do you all have any?
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Trackers on everything important (keys, wallet, purse, medication, headphones, etc.) so I don’t stress and spend a lot of time looking for them.
Laundry baskets in every room.
Multiple pairs of prescription sunglasses so I have them in every purse.
Ceiling fan above my bed since I hit 40 and started to sleep warmer.
Don’t separate laundry just wash everything (unless it has biohazard type stains) on cold. It gets clean and it saves energy and time.
Oh man I only have uber specific ones lol. If you 3D print PVB and have trouble with sticking to the print bed, spray the bed with a bit of hairspray and bam, sticks like a mofo. If you mix big loads of silicone, use electric mixer for food so that your arm doesn’t fall off from mixing it manually. For finished products, if you don’t have time to air-dry them after washing, use microfibre cloth – it leaves no lint.
More general tips – for organizing thoughts or projects, I really like atlassian products (Trello and Jira), I prefer Jira because it’s more robust and for small teams (1-10 people) a lot of the great plugins/apps are free. Like Foxly prioritization app is the best when you have a lot of long-term(ish) goals/sub-projects and have trouble picking which should you do first. Anyway, I picked those tools up in IT projects but works for any business that needs organizing and planning, no matter if you make silicone toys or woodcarving. I used Trello when we moved and needed to do some renovations first, buy new furniture etc., so even for small personal projects it’s a great tool.