Many people who walk out of their homes and enter society are always held hostage by a variety of grand narratives, focusing on rising and falling indices, changing situations, or on those businesses that make billions of dollars. But what really turns people around in the middle of the night and makes people go off in the morning, it's not these distant things, it's the sink that can't be opened, it's the mop that washes three times that still tastes weird, or the smell of the fridge that mixes leftovers and ginger, and makes people lose their appetite。
These trivial, tiny, and even some of the troubles that don't get on the stage actually constitute the most real background in our lives. Many people used to take out their cell phones when they had problems, send a master to the door or search shopping software for “professional washing agents” that were packed up in smallpox. In this era of prevailing consumerism, we seem to have been trained in a inertia: to solve problems with money. But in many cases, this logic of “cost-for-all” is precisely the biggest mistake. Those so-called professional programmes may in essence simply harvest our common sense of life。
In the case of the most vulnerable sink in the home, when blocked, the first reaction of many was to call the sewer master. This kind of job may be worth dozens or even hundreds of dollars, but it's just a trick. You can solve this hundred-dollar problem with an empty bottle on your hands. Fill an empty bottle with water, and point the mouth at the water mouth, using the strong water pressure generated by the instant squeeze, most of the physical jams can be washed over. This is not just about saving a few dozen dollars, it's about a return to control. You're no longer a helpless consumer waiting for help, you're the owner of this family, you know how to use the most basic physical principles to fight the small problems of life。
This sense of control is particularly evident in the kitchen, which is also filled with pyrotechnics. For example, to deal with flower armor. Many people love seafood, but they are the ones who fear the most. There are many courses on the internet, some for a few hours, and others for fragrance. Biological instincts are much more direct than these. Throwing in the water a few shredded millet spicy spicy stimuli can produce a strong physical reaction to the manicure and, in order to exclude it, they can throw up sand and change water. This approach to the exploitation of biological nature is far more efficient than that long waiting period。
Similar logic is to make eggs. The pursuit of a round, unscathed, non-cooked egg seems to have been the aspiration of many family chefs. Actually, there's no need to buy specialized molds. That'll only increase the burden on your cabinet. A common spoon, hot in the open water, with a thin base oil, is inserted into the eggs and is carefully thrown into the edge of the boiling water. When the protein is rapidly condensed at high temperatures and locked in the yolk, a perfect shape comes out. These techniques are called “good tricks” because they find the best balance between minimizing costs and maximizing effects。
Living in this era, we seem to be losing a capacity to “utilise the resources at hand”. There was a preference for purchasing rather than looking for alternatives. How many people would throw out the fuel buckets? But if you think of that old, dry and clean bucket with rice, detergent, white vinegar and warm water when it's almost empty, you'll find it to be an excellent grain-sealed tank, insect-proof, transparent. And the plastic on those milk boxes, which were part of the packaging, turned into garbage. But if you stick it to the wall in the bathroom, it's the best mop link; if you stitch it on the curtains, it's a natural wirer。
This secondary exploitation of goods is not because of how hard we live, but rather because it is an alert to excessive consumption. The market for clean products is now subdivided to the extreme: the toilet contains special blue bubbles, glass special sprays and stainless steel special cleaning cream. But if you look at the chemistry behind it, you'll find that a lot of the effects are actually common. A bottle of a few dollars of coke, together with the laundry powder that is available at home, produces enough defouling capacity to deal with the old stain on the toilet. The carbonate content of the coke deals with the water, while the laundry powder provides surface activity. And if you add a little white vinegar, it can even brighten the glass in the bathroom. Such “cross-border” clean-up programmes not only save money, but also provide a powerful response to the marketing bubbles。
In addition to manual games in housework, there are a number of subtle wisdoms about body and habits that are often overlooked by us. Many people are pursuing what they call a “precision of life” and hate to use shampoo, hairdressers, skin polishing and even dyeing their hair to clean it. But truth is often counterintuitive. The day before the dye, it's the last thing i should do. The oil that naturally circulates the scalp is the most expensive “protective film” carried by the human body. When you wash it clean and clean with modern industrial shampoo, you actually remove the last line of defense, so that the chemicals in the dye directly erode your fur。
This respect for the laws of nature is equally reflected in the time series of diets. When should the fruit be? This is not just an appetite, but a metabolism. Morning to 4:00 p. M. Is the most productive and energy-consuming window in the human body. At this point in time, fruit can quickly be transformed into energy to support your thinking and your activity. Once after 8 p. M., the body enters the form of storage and rest, the so-called “healthy” fruits become metabolic burdens. It's actually telling us that a good lifestyle is not necessarily the purchase of the most expensive food, but the right thing to do at the right time。
The rhythm of modern life is fast, stressful, and many people's bad moods are actually stung by the little pricks of those lives. The mattress always slips, and there are old people and children in the house, and every time they come by, it's heavy, and it's half bad when they open the door, and it's all smelly. These seem to be nothing, but they take away our patience day after day。
The solution is actually on hand. A few cents of a membrane is laid under the mattress, where the friction of plastic can be used to solve the problem of slippage; fresh orange skins, or the rest of the activated carbon packs, can absorb the smell in the refrigerator and leave the natural fragrance; and that always tasteful mop, which requires a sealed bag with a little soda and white vinegar, with a little bit of chemical reaction, can take the dirt hidden in the fibres。
We often see all kinds of “lifeful people” in social media, showing clean homes on camera. But real, smoke-filled lives are always accompanied by consumption and chaos. The wisdom of life is not about turning the home into a model room, but about having an uncompromising mentality and an effective set of solutions in the face of these inevitable chaoss。
This ability was once very common among our parents. They know how to repair their lives with the simplest materials and how to maximize the use of each item. But in our generation, this legacy seems to have broken. We trust the brand more, we trust the experts more, but we increasingly trust our hands and instincts。
And when you look at the sub-rules of these lives, you see that the improvement in the quality of life is often not because you buy expensive objects, but because you re-examine the most ordinary things around you. Behind every little trick is actually a right to life. It makes us understand that even in the most trivial and ordinary domestic matters, one hides a person's perception of the world and of his/her own borders。
It's not just a matter of saving a few dollars or dozens of dollars. When we are no longer led by consumerist marketing, when we can solve our little problems with an empty bottle, an orange skin, a bottle of coke, we are actually rebuilding an independent thinking lifestyle。
Life is for yourself. While those seemingly high-end cleaning services and expensive cleaning agents can be convenient for a moment, it is the sense of wisdom and hands that makes the day right that is the most real and lasting achievement. These experiences, hidden in the details of life, do not need to be sustained by the depths of theory, but are in every game of cooking, every clean-up, every little trouble with life。
We don't have to be too tired and too costly. Most of the time, that half of the "saving" is actually hidden in your observation and practice of these details. It is not only to save the unnecessary expenses when needed, but also to add to the background when faced with trivial routines. A man who can manage his own life in order to cope with the storm and storm outside。
