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How to wake up without waking up other people in the same room
There are "vibrating watches" for this. They're wristwatches that vibrate when your alarm goes off.
Or take wireless headphone (earplug) for using it with your phone.
Good luck for that :)
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How to wake up without waking up other people in the same room
this will sound ridiculous, but bear with me.When I have a specific time that I HAVE to wake up at (say for a flight or train), before I go to bed I will repeat to myself "I need to wake up at 6:30" ...
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How to swim before work (wet towel and clothes problem)?
Get a locker at the gym that you can leave things in during the day. Leave your towel & swim suit hanging there during the day and pick them up (mostly or completely dry) on the way home.
Use a ...
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Best way to fold a shirt for a lazy bachelor
I hang all my t-shirts on hangers in a closet. They are never wrinkled (provided I pull them out of the dryer soon after it turns off).
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How to set effective long-term reminders?
Something tells me you have already forgotten this one so here are some tips to help you not forget again:
Set an alarm on your watch/phone for the last month
Additionally set multiple alarms on ...
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Fast and Easy way to put-on pants (that need a belt)
I don't think you'll be able to solve this without additional tools (plus you tagged it with substitute tools), so I've come up with a device which should solve your problem.
You'll require some ...
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Easy way to scan a book
If you don't mind destroying the book: cut off the binding. Now you have a stack of loose pages you can run through a document feeder.
Or you can build a book scanner. I've seen scanners that ...
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Fast and Easy way to put-on pants (that need a belt)
I think you need to add a tool as you only have two arms of given length. (And growing a third arm isn't really feasible :), ref Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)
My suggestion is therefore to put ...
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What's the most time efficient way to completely clean teeth?
"Properly" is the key word here, because the devil is in the details. If you were to go directly to a dentist with this question, they would undoubtedly tell you that there is no real alternative to ...
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Waking up in the morning when standard alarms fail
I think this might be the most effective way:
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Waking up in the morning when standard alarms fail
Find out how much sleep you really need (for most of us it is about 8 hours) and go to bed that long before you want to get up. Get into a pattern of going to sleep at the same time most days and do ...
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What's the most time efficient way to completely clean teeth?
Here are the methods which can efficiently clean your teeth as part of your dental care:
Brush your teeth with toothpaste for two minutes (at least 1h after eating) including outer/inner teeth ...
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How to wake up without waking up other people in the same room
There are light alarm clocks, which you could use selectively. Essentially a light slowly turns on rather than making noise. Selective placement of the light-alarm or standard sleep blindfold mask ...
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How to swim before work (wet towel and clothes problem)?
Some pools provide towels to their swimmers, and also provide spinning things that quickly dry bathing suits. It might be worth looking for such a place.
If this pool is your only option, can you ...
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How to swim before work (wet towel and clothes problem)?
Dry yourself and your swimwear using a hairdryer or hand-dryer at the pool. Then you won't need a towel.
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How to glue wood pieces together nicely without clamps?
If you want a good looking finished product, nothing will compare to using the correct tools for the job.
That being said you could tie string around the boards and do a tourniquet type thing to ...
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How to wake up without waking up other people in the same room
Drink lot of water before sleep, so you could wake u on the morning by call of natural (biological ). It won't disturb any one but you.
Water is good for everything.
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How to swim before work (wet towel and clothes problem)?
Drop the wet clothes at a laundry on your way to office. Pick them up while returning. Not cost-effective though, I can't think of a better solution for the wet towel.
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How to accurately set the date on an analog watch?
The problem is that you know what time of day it is when you set the watch, but the watch doesn't. The trick is to do it in reverse and let the date be the basis for the time of day. It's a three-...
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What are some good strategies for dealing with the end of daylight saving time?
Try using light therapy to give you more energy and help your circadian rhythms. There are many options for S.A.D lights. Your doctor may be able to recommend a particular one for your lifestyle. Some ...
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How do I get a sound every 25 seconds
A battery operated bluetooth speaker on the odd platform where you can't get power. Then inside, plugged in if need be, something that can play to the speaker. This could easily be a phone since it ...
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How to wake up without waking up other people in the same room
To fill some of the gaps of the already proposed headphones solution, I would suggest SleepPhones. They're a comfortable headband with headphone speakers built in for the purpose of use while sleeping....
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What's the most time efficient way to completely clean teeth?
A water-pick is helpful for me, though I don't know if it saves time for the "same amount" of cleaning compared to a toothbrush.
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How to iron clothes at high temperature setting?
Sprinkle some water on the clothes and iron them in a high temperature, as in this process the heat will be used for both evaporating water droplets and ironing clothes. I hope this ironing process ...
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I have a regular analog clock. I want the hands to glow. Stickers? Paint?
Phosphorescent paint can only store enough energy for a few hours. To last longer, a source of energy is needed. Years ago, before the dangers of radiation were realized, radium or other radioactive ...
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How to reset sleep schedule
As Bamboo mentioned,
You cannot realistically expect to be doing physical activity, at 10PM and come home, eat, then pass out easily, especially if you nap during the day.
Think of it this way, a ...
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11:30 AM and 12:30 AM, which one is behind?
Try reading 12:30 am as 0:30 am. Lifehacked!
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How do I separate multiple 5-gallon buckets efficiently?
the hot water theory works but it's HOW you do it..put the buckets in a laundry sink or attach a hose to the hot water heater..wet the outside of the EXTERIOR BUCKET,, rotating it in the sink to get ...
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