The Best Lifehacker Videos Of 2018

Videos! They’re like articles that come alive. Everyone loves ‘em, and we made a whole bunch this year. These are our best videos from 2018.

What to Do if You’re Too High

Are you totally freaking out right now? Well then here’s the best advice on how to come down from a wicked trip.

The Fastest Way to Save $1 Million

Spoiler alert! If you want $1 million by the time you retire, you have to start saving early. By crunching the numbers, we learned that a little thing called compound interest will help your money grow exponentially over the course of your career.

How Many Friends Do You Need to Be Happy?

Everyone thinks more friends on social media means you’re a popular, likable, well adjusted person. Nope! The human brain can only process a handful of meaningful connections at a time, so a close group of friends is more beneficial to your well being. And we have adorable monkeys to illustrate that point.

4 Ways to Use a Sponge with Monét X Change

Monét X Change is not only a RuPaul’s Drag Race All Star, she also knows her way around a sponge.

A Guide to Home Decorating for New Adults

As part of our Summer of Adulting, we learned the essential items to turn your first apartment into a place a grown-up would call home. (First step: throw out that Breakfast at Tiffany’s poster.)

The Halloween Body Buffet

Just because we don’t really celebrate Halloween in Australia doesn’t mean we don’t like a good feast.

Would you like to spook your guests by setting up a buffet of smoked meats that resembles a dead body? Well do we have the video for you!

The Secrets of Measuring Tape

I don’t want to spoil any moment of this. You need to see it to believe.

How to Make a Delicious Thanksgiving Turkey

Again here in Australia we don’t celebrate this holiday – however that doesn’t mean we don’t want to know how to make a kick arse turkey.

We made a whole Thanksgiving feast’s worth of videos at Lifehacker, but the main course — in which Claire removes a turkey’s backbone “through violence” — was our favourite.

5 Prison-Style Exercises with Coss Marte

…and after you eat those holiday feasts, maybe burn some calories.

How to Throw a Cheap Dinner Party

…or eat some chicken thighs slow-cooked in chicken fat. Whatever floats your boat (in a sea of rendered chicken fat).

How to Start a New Habit (and Why Setting Goals Doesn’t Work)

Author James Clear offers his guidelines on how to start a new habit and make it stick.

How to Learn to Swim as an Adult

For those of you preparing New Years Resolutions, take a look at how easy (and fun!) it can be to pick up a new skill.