People Are Sharing Cheat Codes That Make Modern Life Smoother And Here Are 35 Of The Best Suggestions

If something can make your life easier and simpler, isn’t it better to know about it than to stay in the dark? The term “cheat code” can make these small hacks feel wrong, as if avoiding the long, hard route is somehow immoral. But if that doubt creeps in, let it go. We’re here to master lessons, build skills, and do well in the game of life.

So, if there’s a way to work with or around a system that may be making daily life harder, use it. You have every right to arm yourself with tools that help you push back. Hold on to this list, because Redditors have shared some genuinely useful tips that make everyday life smoother, and we’ve compiled the best of them below.

#1

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Putting your phone away during conversations makes you instantly more likable.

#2

**Stop Consuming News**

If it matters, you’ll find out.

Most news wraps stress in noise.

Turn it off and be well. .

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#3

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Treating everyone with genuine kindness tends to open more doors than any shortcut ever could.

#4

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Driving slower and staying in the slow lanes. Amazing how much more relaxed I’ve become.

#5

Being happy about the little things in life. Soft bed, warm jacket, sunshine.

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Get a drawer full of the same socks.

#7

Read.

people always ask what is the secret to be successful and while there’s no universal answer, I’ve found everyone whom I see as successful, tend to be voracious readers.

reading helps you get better vocabulary, improves your grammar, improves your ability to ACTUALLY focus on something for an extended period of time, enables you to self-reflect in quiet and most importantly, opens up your views to external thoughts.

#8

If there are people, communities, websites that upset you, you don’t have to interact, you can just disengage and live in peace.

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#9

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If you’re struggling to learn a complex topic, try explaining it to a rubber duck (or an imaginary five-year-old). If you hit a spot where you can’t explain it simply, that’s exactly where your knowledge gap is. It saves hours of aimless studying.

#10

Walking fast while looking slightly annoyed. nobody stops you, nobody asks you for help. it’s basically an invisibility cloak.

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#11

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The best way to connect with people is to show interest in their interests. People love nothing more than talking about their hobbies and passions.

#12

There’s a difference between capacity and discipline.

As a person with an autoimmune disorder I’ve had to learn this the hard way. I thought my constant fatigue and being unable to do anything some days was a lack of discipline, but it’s a lack of capacity. I was thoroughly unable to do XYZ.

As for discipline if you have the energy and know-how to do XYZ but *choose* not to, that’s where it’s a discipline problem rather than a capacity problem.

ETA: Capacity issues also are more common among neurodivergent people and people with executive functioning issues, but more easily misread as discipline issues.

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#13

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When you’re upset about something, and it’s not an emergency, stepping away from it for minutes, or even days, will allow you to pick the right words to be productively upset. Being able to do something useful about it should be the goal.

#14

Wait 24hrs before responding to something that could illicit an emotional response rather than a rational one.

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#15

Not sure if its considered a cheat code but it saves a lot of wasted time and pain, if someone shows you even the tiniest bit of disrespect leave. It doesn’t matter how much you love them/care about them, if they don’t respect you now they never will. Yeah it hurts, but more than self betrayal on top of not being respected? Nah.

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#16

Speak about people behind their back. But good things, you will see how it will improve your life.

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If you’re nervous for a talk/meeting, pause for 2 seconds before answering, you sound calmer and more confident.

#18

Treating others the way you would like to be treated is a great stress reducer. Being nice to people is never wrong.

Go to parkrun – always gives you a mental boost.

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You and your partner don’t have to share blankets on the bed. In fact… it’s probably better for your relationship to not share.

Especially when one of you likes to steal the blankets and wrap themselves up like a burrito every night at 3am…

Separate blankets is the only reason my husband is still alive, lol.

#20

Memorizing jokes. People, most people, love jokes. You’d be surprised at how often a good joke can change the tone of a situation.

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#21

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Sleeping properly fixes more problems than motivation ever did.

#22

Being a decent person gets you a lot further in life than being a self centred pos

Having morals this might sound weird but if you have morals 90% of your choices are already made for you.

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#23

I am always polite to everybody from cleaning people to CEO, does not matter whom. That’s how i was educated by my parents.

The cheat code I found out accidentally , is that this “politeness” led to serving personal or cleaning personal are always having my back, serving me more, helping if I lose thing and other small thing.

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#24

When your bar of soap is getting too small to use you can very easily fuse it with your new bar of soap after even just a single use. I’ve kept a chain going for 10+ years this way and never had any waste.

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#25

Playing just the right amount of dumb gets you EVERYTHING.

Edit: also learning to actively listen is a huge bonus for social interactions. Make the other feel heard, not just nod and say “yeeah”

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Consistency beats motivation.

#27

You can get a whole lot more by being friendly, asking nicely, and being willing to take no for an answer than by being demanding and entitled.

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#28

Saying please and thank you. Also knowing when to shut up and just have a comfortable silence.

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#29

Speak less.

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#30

Putting everything you don’t want to forget in your calendar as soon as you hear it sounds boring, but it’s basically real life auto save. Also if something takes under 2 minutes, just do it immediately, it kills the procrastination spiral fast.

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#31

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Well I stopped drinking and it’s the best I’ve felt in 30 years.

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Being hydrated really does make a difference, so drink your water.

#33

A good vocabulary and grammar elevates your presence and, eventually, your standing in life.

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#34

Be kind and polite to anyone and everyone, whether you need something from them or not.

You never know when they will know someone you know, can help you out or just need to be treated kindly.

There is almost no downside.

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#35

Pay to have someone deep clean your house if you can’t keep up. It’s much easier to maintain an already clean home than it is to have to do the work to get it to a place where it can be maintained. This is an investment in your peace.

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