Kendra Adachi of The Lazy Genius Podcast has a segment every now and then called, "What's Saving My Life." In this edition of "The Simplified Life," I am sharing some things that have simplified my life, not things to buy per se, but uses for things I already had, and/or practices that are currently serving me. In no particular order, here they are:
Repurposing the ice cream scoop to clean out a pumpkin before baking [not my hack, but one from this roasted pumpkin recipe from The Minimalist Baker (Shultz, 2019).
A can opener that opens (thanks to my husband fixing ours)
The big IKEA bags for carrying in groceries: dump in as many bags as it will hold to reduce trips
Letting my husband find products when I do need to buy them (which saves me from the Amazon review rabbit hole)
Mesh laundry bags for anything that doesn't get dried (These make it easy to pull those items out of the load, rather than trying to remember which delicates I put into a load. It also makes it easier for my husband to do all of our laundry if that is the case for the day.)
Putting my entire running hydration pack into the fridge the night before I plan to use it (less time fiddling with it in the morning)
Overall keeping fewer food items on hand. It just makes eating and cooking easier!
I could probably go on, but let's keep this post simple, shall we? Please share below about what's currently simplifying your life. Let's learn from each other.
References:
Adachi, K. (Host). (2016-present). The Lazy Genius. [Audio podcast]. https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy
Shultz, D. (2019). How to roast a pumpkin. The Minimalist Baker. https://minimalistbaker.com/how-to-roast-pumpkin/
I'm a big fan of turning mundane purchases over to the Hubs. There are some things that he's just better at buying - and likewise there are things that he needs that are "too small" for him to get to, so I take care of those.
ReplyDeleteTeam Mesh Bag here! For some reason I only had one, which was enough most but not all of the time, and spending a few bucks to get another mesh bag is one of those "wow this makes my life easier why didn't I do it sooner" things.
I like filling up the hydration pack the night before. My time saving tip was to store it in the freezer between runs so that I didn't have to clean it every time I used it.
There are certain food items that we literally can't have too much of with teenagers in the house - mini frozen pizzas from Costco is probably the #1 - but otherwise yes to keeping food streamlined.
Yes to having more mesh bags! I even got another one as a freebie from a Brooks running event! And I hadn't thought of keeping my hydration pack in the freezer. That could be a big time saver. Thanks for sharing!
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