Double Up On Household Items To Reduce Stress

Double Up On Household Items To Reduce Stress

For years, my morning routine included one or two trips back into the house to grab stuff I’d forgotten to add to my bag. Then I realised the obvious solution, one that could also save me the dreaded walks from one end of my cosy apartment to the other: Just buy another copy of everything. While some instances of this are obvious — tissue boxes, lip balm — there’s probably some extra item that you could double up on to improve your life. Here are the Lifehacker team’s favourites:

Photo by Matej Duzel

  • Get a laptop cord for every room you use your computer in.
  • Buy makeup in twos: One for the purse, one for the bathroom.
  • Same goes for everything in your bag: Sunglasses, medicine, hand sanitiser, headphones.
  • Keep a bundle of mobile phone chargers around for guests.
  • Double up on tweezers: One in the bedroom, one in the bathroom.
  • Double up on cleaning supplies for the kitchen and bathroom cupboards, especially paper towels. You’ll end up cleaning each a little more often if you don’t have to schlep, and you’ll stop vaguely worrying about cross-contamination.
  • Buy a few cheap umbrellas to hand to trapped houseguests. Believe me, they will thank you like you just pardoned them from debtors’ prison.
  • Keep a set of spare house keys at work (in a secure spot, of course). Handy for yourself, your partner, and anyone you send to your home in an emergency.
  • Buy one million hair ties and scatter them throughout your home, which is where they would end up anyway.

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