MisterBest
Everyday
The ordinary things, done the way someone who knows would do them.
- How do I fall asleep fast when my mind won't stop racing at night?Use the military method. Soften your face, unclench your jaw, and drop your shoulders. Let your arms and legs go heavy, then slow your breath. Picture…
- How do I stop rereading lines and read faster?To read faster, slide your finger under each line a little faster than feels comfortable and let your eyes follow it down. This steadies your gaze and…
- How do I stop mindlessly scrolling apps without willpower or app blockers?Turn your phone's screen to grayscale. On iPhone, open Settings, Accessibility, Color Filters, and select Grayscale, then set a triple-click of the si…
- How do I use a fan to actually cool down a hot room at night?Point the fan out the warmest window at sunset to push trapped heat outside, and open the coolest window across the room to pull cooler night air in. …
- How do I stop feeling car sick as a passenger?Car sickness comes from your eyes and inner ear disagreeing about motion. To stop it, put your screen down and look far ahead at the horizon, toward w…
- How do I start a task I keep rereading and skipping on my list?A task you've reread three times isn't hard, it's too big. Rewrite it smaller until you can start without deciding anything else — 'sort the garage' b…
- How do I stop a mosquito bite from itching fast?Heat a spoon under hot water until it's warm but not burning, testing it on your wrist first. Press the warm spoon against the mosquito bite for twent…
- How do you tell if a watermelon is ripe from the outside?Turn the watermelon over and look at the field spot, the flat patch where it rested on the ground. A butter-yellow field spot means it was vine-ripene…
- How do I get rid of fruit flies with vinegar and dish soap?Fill a short glass with an inch of cider vinegar, add one drop of dish soap, and leave it uncovered overnight. The vinegar smell draws the fruit flies…
- How do I keep iced coffee from getting wateryFreeze leftover coffee in an ice tray instead of using water cubes. Pour last night's pot into the tray and freeze overnight; these cubes melt into mo…
- How do I keep strawberries from getting moldy in the fridge?Give strawberries a vinegar bath: mix one part vinegar with three parts water and soak the berries for two to three minutes to rinse the skin. Then pa…
- How do I get wrinkles out of a shirt fast without an iron?Put the wrinkled shirt in the dryer with two or three ice cubes, set high heat, and run it for ten minutes. The melting ice turns to steam that the dr…