I like puns.

Especially puns involving fish names. I am a sucker for them.

I do keep herring names of fish names that are funny. And today, I have decided to try my loach with them Fish Puns.

It would, of course, be mighty shellfish (ok, that one’s from “How I met your Mother.” So, don’t sue me.) on my part to keep these to myself. So here are some Oysters of wisdom or Salmon of knowledge, if you will. (*Please do click on the links. They’ve pedagogical benefits. )

What did the bully fish do? He beat the carp out of that fish.

What do you call a not-so-bright fish? A Dhufish.

What fish talks intelligibly? Gibberfish

What did the fisherman do when they couldn’t catch any? They louvar their expectations.

What do you call a fish that successfully escaped the net? A high- Flier.

Few fish decided to form a committee. First to join were the Flounder members.

What do you call the moment when a fish comes to some sort of revelation or truth about themselves? The Opah Moment

Now, I might keep updating this list as I cast a wider net. If you know of any more, let minnow.

Try out these 101 life hacks that are easy to-do, simple and effective. I have compiled my absolute favourites that make my life easier into one big list which is easy to digest because they are all images. Enjoy!

1. This is how Oreos must be eaten

2. There is a simple way to avoid juice on cheeks

3. Popsicle has its secret too

4. For tomato sauce lovers

5. This will save you lots of problems

6. It turns out this little hole there has its function

7. Especially useful when you make strawberry cake

8. The perfect smartphone holder

9. And is definitely more delicious

10. Brilliant!

11. Perfection

12. In case you have to deal with thievish colleagues

13. Strange, but true

14. Especially if you have rare allergies

15. The secret of the permanent marker=hacked

16. If you ever wondered…

17. Soap and water can do miracles for you

18. Eat the whole Nutella ❤

19. Wish I knew this earlier…

20. It’s the lazy people who improve our lives

21. For constant headaches

22. I’ve been preparing sandwiches the wrong way all my life

23. Because everybody hates diluted alcohol

24. How to fix a blurry camera

25. Because no one will steal your lipstick

26. For clumsy people and not only

27. Finally someone invented the solution to this problem

28. Why not?

29. For taco lovers

30. Coca Cola can also unclog your toilet

31. It works!

32. Those who have both kids and pets can relate…

33. Genius!

34. Devoted do-it-yourself-ers know

35. No more red hands

36. A lazy way to get rid of the smell

37. Here’s another proof vodka is a good thing

38. Tangled earphones=instant rage

39. Never thought of it before…

40. Save some space

41. I have returned so many times to check if I locked the door that I can’t even count them

42. Prevent glasses from breaking when moving out by putting them in socks

43. No one steals lotion bottles

44. Bee wax works perfectly if you want to water proof your shoes

45. Screws and rings are not lost forever any more

46. Scrubbing is a lot easier now

47. Wobbling keyboard no more

48. This will save you lots of time

Of course, if anything goes wrong, experienced teams that can handle any flat-pack challenge exist.

49. Prevent bottles from swaying

50. Don’t use expensive chemicals for unblocking sinks

Mix baking soda and vinegar instead.

51. Here’s how to put two bowls in a microwave

52. Shine bright like a diamond…

53. !

54. We’ve been doing it wrong

55. Use a spaghetti stick to light candles

And never burn yourself again.

56. Put a soap in your dirty laundry when travelling

This will prevent any unpleasant odours.

57. Use curtain shower hooks to organize your bags

Women will know.

58. Sew a small strip to your favourite blouse

Your bra won’t be visible any more.

59. Don’t boil the eggs, bake them

Set the oven to 325F. You can bake up to 4 dozens of eggs for thirty minutes.

60. Save some space in a creative way

61. Heavy sleeper? Here’s the solution

In severe cases, you can put it in a saucepan or a pot.

62. Prevent the cake from getting stale

Use toothpicks to attach bread to the cake.

63. When you don’t have time for ironing

64. Starter pots for flower-lovers

65. Sick of messed up cables?

66. An old case for glasses is perfect for holding make up

67. Use a muffin tin to serve condiments at a BBQ

68. Save space…

69. We’ve been doing it wrong ☺

70. Look more in people’s eyes when talking to each other

This will make them like you more.

71. A happy baby is happy

72. A modern home entertainment system

73. You love cold coffee?

Sip the coffee in an ice shape. In this way you can cold your drink without watering it down.

74. The right way to eat a corn

75. The easiest way to create an ice cream sandwich

76. How to cold beer quickly

Simply wrap it with paper and put it in the fridge. It will cold faster.

77. Use a sticky note to clear your keyboard

78. Rub a walnut in wooden furniture to hide scratches

79. Goodbye to the always falling zip

80. Hide emergency money in a sanitary napkin package

81. Clean dust with old socks

82. Drink a glass of water while drinking coffee

It will protect your teeth.

83. Use dental floss to perfectly cut cakes

84. When you don’t have enough space in the kitchen

85. The cutest holder for keys!

86. Fry your eggs perfectly

87. A box full of coffee beans is ideal for storing your make up brushes

88. Use clothespin when hammering

89. A little vinegar will leave your blinds spotless

90. For hard to reach spots

91. Don’t throw the paperboard for eggs

92. Use the whole tooth paste!

93. Keep your fridge organized!

94. Put a small amount of baking soda when boiling eggs

Peeling them off will be easier.

95. Turn baby jars into magnetic spice jars

96. Drink apple juice before going to bed for sweet dreams

97. An easy way to amplify your laptop speakers

98. Phone on air mode=no ads in games

99. Yummy sausages with no ash on them

100. A bowl with a little oil in it attracts mosquitoes

101. Want to check your breath? Lick your wrist and wait 10 seconds.

Smell it. This is how your breath smells to others. Yeah!

The 101 Best Genius Life Hacks That Make Life Easier was originally published in Life Hacks on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Here’s what no one told me when I began.

Until a few months ago, I’ve never attempted to run. Ever.

Sure, I’ve huffed away in physical education classes in school and sprinted a few meters to catch a bus, but I’ve never run for the sake of running.

My reaction to seeing joggers drenched in sweat and ambling along slower than I walked was always, “Psh, how hard can it be?” When people passed me by at full pelt, I thought, “Well, I don’t need to be that fit anyway. What am I going to do? Run a marathon?”

Everything was awesome. Everything was cool.

But then I did something — I went and signed up for a four-day trek. In the Himalayas. In the dead of winter. The welcome emails from IndiaHikes politely suggested that I start on a training regimen immediately or come to terms with being stranded in camp.

That didn’t scare me much.

They gave us a 9–week training program, by the end of which they said I should be able to run 4 kms in 25 minutes. I walked 3 kms on the first day. Nothing to it. This went on for two weeks.

But when I tried to really run after that, I realized that I couldn’t go more than 200 meters at a stretch without my lungs and my legs giving out.

Instant panic attack.

If you’ve never run before, you’re going to be shocked, frustrated, sore and pretty much terrified when you begin.

This is especially true if you have a tight deadline like a marathon date or a trekking expedition looming ominously on the horizon.

What followed were months of attempting to improve — minute by breathless minute.

And here’s what I learnt:

#1 Running 1 km at a stretch took 3 months

Doesn’t sound very impressive, does it?

But that’s lesson no.1: it’s really slow going and your body will improve at its own pace. A lot of training plans will make it sound like you can become a runner in 8 weeks. It doesn’t work that way. If you push yourself to do too much, too soon, you might end up getting injured.

#2 Avoiding injury is important

Do not injure yourself. Recovery will make you lose a lot of time and momentum. If you’re sore and can’t judge if you should continue running, you need to consult a doctor or a trainer.

If you’re just starting out, this article talks about a few things you can do to prevent injury and enjoy your run more.

#3 Overcoming pain is not as hard as it seems

That excruciating stitch in the side when you push yourself even a few meters more than you’re used to running? It goes away if you stretch properly and warm up before and after your run. It’s literally like magic.

Ever wondered why marathon routes have portable toilets? A lot of people have ‘the runs’ when they run. I don’t have the runs. I have gas. And shoulder pain. And sore calf muscles that hurt when I walk down stairs.

The bottom line is, running hurts.

But running also makes you feel really good.

For most runners, the harder the run, the better they feel when they stop.

#4 I still eat anything I want to

Eating is an important part of running.

Bananas and water are essential an hour or so before a run. And I’ve never understood why the local supermarket stocked workout bars and Gatorade until I attempted running a 5k.

Like Mathew Inman from the Oatmeal, I treat my body like a portable trash can. My diet hasn’t changed much, but I’ve dropped a few pounds, and I feel more active.

#5 You develop self-acceptance

Everyone will be better than you.

You’ll run a pathetic 15-minute mile while others effortlessly zip past you and declare that they’re really out of shape. You won’t run for as long or as fast as other runners you encounter. If there was a Worst Runner on the Planet award, you’d be a prime candidate for the win.

It will take time for you to accept this and not give a shit.

#6 Super lungs!

Your lungs will only feel like giving out for the first few weeks. You’ll still be out of breath when you push yourself later, but it won’t feel like your lungs are trying to come out through your burning throat and choke you to death.

The plus side of this is that you can run up flights of stairs feeling superhuman and leaving out-of-breath mortals in your dust.

#7 You learn to mentally push yourself

Your mind is harder to overcome than your body. Your muscles will ache and you will be out of breath, but you’ll stop when your brain tells you to.

Don’t listen to your brain.

Never stop when you first feel like stopping. Push yourself more. And then a little more. And then a tiny bit further until your body really needs to stop.

You’ll be surprised at yourself.

#8 I’m less embarrassed about how I look

Abandon all shame. Not everyone looks gorgeously sweaty at the end of a workout. A lot of us look like something wet that the cat dragged in.

And if you’re worried about form, never fear. There are hordes of us who can’t run and look like a graceful gazelle at the same time too.

(I belong in both categories.)

#9 I learnt to move forward when I’m stuck in a rut

I didn’t know what to expect when I started out. There were good days, bad days and beer days (which mostly coincided with rest days, but not always).
I was lazy plenty of times. I procrastinated.

When it inevitably happens though, forgive yourself and get back on the horse. Even if you think you can’t run at all, go for a short one. You’ll be in a better mood to get out there the next day.

I haven’t run at all for the past two weeks. I felt terribly out of shape when I ran today but because I did, I’ll be much better at it tomorrow.

#10 I found motivation in friendship

Find another beginner who’ll understand what you’re going through and celebrate small victories with them.

My husband is also a first-time runner and it’s very motivating to have someone know how hard you worked just to get where you are. It’s also great that this person will push you to do better and help you laugh off bad days.

And hey, give yourself a pat on the back. While it’s tough going in the beginning, you’re going to age slower, become stronger and look better than you have in years.

It’s totally worth it.

If you’d like a remote running partner who still eats cake, drinks beer and misses crucial running days once in a while because they overslept, say hi to me here or just leave a comment.

And if this article helped you put on your running shoes and hit the pavement, recommend it so more people can read it. You guys are awesome.

Running for the First Time in your Life? was originally published in Life Hacks on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Our habits have great influence on our behavior. Do not use just acquire the habits of winners without prior getting rid of habits of losers

Complains when you get the 2nd Monday and hope to reach 6 Monday

Losers hate working. Everything in their lives is summed up in the search for a new pair for a sexual adventure weekend. Therefore, the ballad is sacred and is thus evening into night, they spend their lives;

Do not like to make commitments in any area of ​​life

The losers have a aficção for independence. Commitments, indulge in a relationship, commit to work and fight for a goal, sacrificing himself for the sake of a higher goal, makes him feel enslaved;

The fear of losing influence their decisions more than their desire to win

Losers, on the natural fear that we all feel, rather than face it, they cower.

Result, not frustrate immediately, but do not achieve anything. The long-term victims feel the system or who have not had opportunities;

Drop out before the first difficulties

The losers are experts at manipulating themselves by creating persuasive arguments to give up on your goals. All this to escape from difficulties. One thesis is preferred: “I’m not happy doing it.”

Every activity that promotes professional growth is challenging. And the challenges create discomfort. Given the discomfort, the losers use to run their theses challenges. Result, do not grow;

As the losers accomplish nothing, the only thing that remains is the self-affirmation

Losers are proud, speak and defend their beliefs without any authority, and at the last minute, fleeing streak.

It is not unusual to see the losers themselves saying about their great skills and competencies that never put into practice;

Are hostage to their feelings

Our feelings, since unmanaged tonam up controlling our lives. The development of emotional intelligence makes us to master these demands in order to do the best choices.

The losers are thrown from one side to the other by their feelings. One of the favorite phrases of the losers is: “I do not control what is in my heart”;

Losers believe in luck

Believing in luck is a major anesthetics to the consciousness of a loser as being controlled by habits loser, by logical consequence, their results can never be the result of a winner. In this case, feel unlucky is more comforting to believe, it relieves pain, and develops a sense of self-pity typical losers: “I have no luck.”

When they hear of someone that their results are a consequence of their own choices, their preferred answer is: “Not really.” The losers are the absolute experts in relativity while generalize the relative.

Warren Buffet’s “2 List” Time Management Strategy for Achieving Epic Success

With a net worth of 71.4 billion, Warren Buffett is the second richest man in America (only behind Bill Gates).

Given his success, both professionally and philanthropically, there’s no argument that this man knows how to manage his time effectively.

I read an article not too long ago on James Clear’s blog that explains how he has been able to achieve as much as he has.

He uses a simple 3-step strategy.

Step 1:

Write down your top 25 career goals. (These can also be goals that you wish to complete on a shorter timeline — like 25 things you wish to accomplish this year, or even this month—and they also don’t have to be limited to career goals).

Step 2:

Review your list and circle your top 5 goals. (If you’re following along at home, pause right now and do these first two steps before reading step 3).

Step 3:

You should now have two lists: the 5 things you circled are List A, and the 20 things that you didn’t circle are List B. List B is now your Avoid-At-All-Cost List. No matter what, these things get no attention from you until you’ve succeeded with your top 5.

You Can Do Anything, But You Can’t Do Everything

Before reading about this 3-step strategy, I had this thing called an “impossible list,” which is a cool variation to a bucket list.

Basically, while a bucket list is full of dreams and aspirations you hope to achieve someday, the impossible list is something you actively live out and work towards everyday. Rather than waiting until you’re on your deathbed, the impossible list forces you to start taking action now.

This is good. But the problem with an impossible list, for me at least, was that I had a hard time focusing on my priorities.

Everything on my impossible list was something that I cared about, or I wouldn’t have put it on there in the first place. But that was the issue — I wanted to do it ALL.

As David Allen, creator of the Getting Things Done (GTD) time management method, says, “You can do anything, but you can’t do everything.”

It’s easy to recognize and eliminate (or at least minimize) the obvious distractions, like TV and social media. It’s not so easy to eliminate things that are important to you — things that you might consider “second priority items”—when you don’t even recognize them to be distractions in the first place.

But if they’re not the MOST important things, that’s exactly what they are—distractions.

James Clear brings up a good point when he says that “even neutral behaviors aren’t really neutral. They take up time, energy, and space that could be put toward better behaviors or more important tasks.”

Anything that’s not directly helping you achieve your most important goals is, directly or indirectly, preventing you from achieving those goals.

So take some time to figure out what your top 5 goals are, focus on those, and stop wasting time on everything else.

Warren Buffet’s “2 List” Strategy for Achieving Success was originally published in Life Hacks on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.