r/LifeProTips

It kills most ants and flying insects, and most especially fruit flies. You can shoot them out of the air with practice. I keep several small sprayers: kitchen, bathroom, west facing window... It does not kill spiders though.

OK OK I miss-used the word toxic. What I mean is it's not roundup, its not pesticide. You aren't going to get cancer if it gets on your skin. You aren't going to keel over and die if you accidentally breathe some of the vapours after you slaughter some fruit flies. And those of you who have open flames around your house (why?) please dont use this method.

I had a plumber recommend about a year ago...Buy cheap dish soap at the Dollar Store a few times per year...and dump an entire bottle down the drain. Flush with hot water 15 min later. He explained most buildup is oil based and dish soap will help dissolve it..and is non corrosive. Haven't had to call someone to clear a drain since.

Working from home destroyed my posture and gave me chronic neck pain by 25, physical therapy cost me $2k and 6 months to fix

Started setting phone reminders to do 5-minute stretches every 2 hours, completely changed everything, back pain gone in 3 weeks

The key is making it automatic, don't rely on remembering to stretch, you won't do it, set actual reminders that interrupt your work

Takes 5 mins every few hours vs thousands in PT and years of pain, easiest prevention hack I've found