Tips And Advice For A Better Life

I know people never learn from other people’s mistakes, even then I consider it my duty to share a few pearls of wisdom that I have gained from my mistakes and my friend's mistake from time to time. I promise, if you follow the following tips, efficiency and happiness will become your slaves.

1. Avoid using an iPad or a laptop computer as a chopping board: Until someone invents waterproof laptops and tablets made from food-grade material, it is best not to use them as cutting boards in your kitchen. 

2. Never cut vegetables with the blunt side of a knife: A knife has two sides—a sharp side and a blunt side. If you cut vegetables with the blunt side, it will take a long time to complete the task. Besides, the area of the blunt side being more than that of the sharp side and pressure being inversely proportional to area (pressure = force/area), you will have to apply more pressure while cutting vegetables or meat.
Continuous exertion of more pressure will not only tire you soon enough, but it might cause you financial setback. Sometimes, while cutting fruits and vegetables, many people put pressure on the knife with their other hand, in such situations, there is a high probability of the fingers of the other hand being chopped off. A knife is an inanimate object and it doesn't differentiate between fingers and vegetables. If your guests find fingers in their food they will not hesitate to sue you and extort money.

3. While using products with spray mechanism, you have to keep in mind whether it is a household cleaning product like a disinfectant or a bleach, or a personal grooming product such as a deodorant or a perfume. In the former case, you need to keep the nozzle away from you; and in the latter case, you have to keep the small spray outlet in the direction of your body. I have seen people whose bathrooms smell of strong perfume and clothes are discolored or burnt from bleach and acid. Only a few brave hearts can carry the aftermath of this act with aplomb; most of the time, people are not ready to embrace the consequences of breaking conventions, so it would be better to follow this rule.

4. Shaving cream/face cream vs. toothpaste: You should be literate enough to differentiate between these products. Many people go to work with toothpaste applied on their faces. I knew a friend who used to buy Vicco Turmeric products, and oftentimes she would put toothpaste on her face and brush her teeth with the face cream. Now, face creams do not have the property of killing 99.9% bacteria, which made her mouth a hot spot for bacterial colonization.

5. Never keep peeled garlic in a cashew jar: It is a good habit to reuse old jars and bottles, but it is best to avoid using an old jar plastered with its original label for an almost similar product. For example, imagine you have stored peeled garlic in an empty cashew jar. After a few days, you venture into the kitchen, looking for cashews. You automatically open the jar with peeled garlic and take out a handful, chew them heartily, sip your favorite drink, and go out to meet your friends. Now you notice that all your friends are trying to keep a distance from you; even your girlfriend preferring to chat with someone else. If this continues for a couple of days, there’s a strong possibility that you will fall into depression without knowing the root cause.

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