In college, my upper-middle class friend who drove a fancy car would always buy Rolling Rock beer and told me it was his favorite. I had no idea this was among the cheapest beers. I thought I was drinking something fancy. This went on for a half decade. I never bought the stuff, I thought [ ]
After a 12 week training program, I ran a 18:54 (sub 19) 5k for the first time in my life. Bonus: I weighed 186lbs, it was 80F+ degrees outside, and I had been multitasking by listening to nonfiction audiobooks for almost all of the training program. Now my resting heart rate is under 50! If [ ]
For too long I ve been doing ~12 heaping scoops of a tablespoon to fill up my coffee filter with coffee grounds. I finally had enough and decided to measure out the coffee grounds required to make a pot of coffee. Given every indivdual has their prefered strength of coffee, I suggest doing this once: Do [ ]
Our daycare has a requirement label our bottles with our child s name, date, and type of liquid. For our first child, we had been writing this information on 4 pieces of tape, everyday. We bought a digital label maker, and now we can print these labels, changing only the date. Its been a favorite for [ ]
When my daughter came home with uneaten Red Pepper slices, something Mrs. Efficiency had spent labor to cut up, I decided this had to be studied. Bonus points if your kid packs their own lunch. Although given pre-school chaos, this might be more ideal than real. Could pack lunches at night. Specifications/Requirements A packed lunch [ ]
I didn t invent the laws of nature, I just follow them. Like it or not, Power (as a macro effect) is a real thing that determines outcomes of interactions. It cannot be avoided and even if you pretend it doesn t exist, you are subjected to its effects. Power Illiteracy is a real thing, and hopefully [ ]
We all multitask, or attempt to. This idea of multitasking is a bit finer as it attempts to utilize your idle body parts. Imagine you grab a bag of cheese out of the refrigerator and are walking to your stove to put cheese on some food. Instead of opening the bag of cheese when you [ ]
Ground beef prices are $5 a pound and our household has adjusted. We could probably afford it, but Chicken may be healthier and cheaper. I made it a challenge of sorts to replace ground beef in our favorite recipes as hamburger helper was one of my kids favorite things. Innovative Replacements Chicken but Hamburger Helper [ ]
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The Epicurean Philosophers advocated for reducing pain and increasing pleasure. I had this in mind when choosing between my kid s Halloween candy. I could have a candy bar(100 Calories) or sucker(60 Calories). I would finish the candy bar before we even got to the next house. I chose the sucker and it gave over an [ ]