People have been sharing the relatively simple changes that made their lives so much easier – 17 next level top tips

Even with the help of supposedly useful gadgets and gizmos, life can be an exhausting slog at times. If only there were some way it could be easier.

Well, thanks to the good folks over at r/AskReddit, it can be. And that’s because they chipped in their experiences to this question set by Own-Tip-532:

‘What’s something that quietly made your life 10× easier, but you didn’t realize it until much later?’

Forget your iPhone and your Air Fryer, these are the real things that make life easier…

1.

‘Putting things back where they belong THE MINUTE I am done using them’
-Ambitious_Elephant95

2.

‘Writing things down instead of trying to remember everything.’
-Odd_Dog_4403

3.

‘Going to sleep when tired.

‘Picking my battles so I can let certain things go and save my energy for what does matter.’
-purplelilac701

4.

‘When I got two monitors at work 25 or so years ago.’
-goonwild18

5.

‘Discipline to do things on time.

‘For example: Life is much better if you spend 5 seconds cleaning up after yourself every time vs having to spend 3 hours doing it once a week.’
-az9393

6.

‘Noise cancelling headphones. I didn’t know how loud the world was until I wore them. Suddenly my brain could finally breathe. Best life upgrade I never knew I needed’
-AdditionFickle

7.

‘Being nice to people as a default, saying ‘thank you’ and making eye contact and smiling when dealing with retail store workers or with co-workers or, well, anybody.

‘Turns out, people are so much more willing to help you, when you treat them like an actual human being.’
-TrumpsDoubleChin

8.

‘Investing in a high-quality, ergonomic office chair.’
-TightTeam2885

9.

‘Being direct, straight to the point and very assertive.’
-Alone-Ice-5911