One of the things nobody prepared us for in life is just how many things there are to remember. Just keeping track of all your own is challenging, but when you have kids, it gets exponentially harder, so we’re always interested in hacks and tips to help. And TikTokers are offering up some good ones, thanks to a post by Jen Hamilton.
She asked her followers to share their most “unhinged automation” hacks, but specifically pointed out that she didn’t want responses like “my bills are on autopay.” Instead, she was looking for something people automated that completely changed their lives. More than 11-thousand comments offered ideas, and these are some of the best.
- “Our dishwasher texts our kids when it’s done, then shuts off their wifi if they don’t empty it.”
- “I started giving my cats a treat every time I took my meds. Now the cats are the world’s most persistent and intense medication reminders.”
- “My alarm stops only if I scan a QR code in my bathroom.”
- “At the same time every year, I tell my bank I lost my credit card so I get issued a new one. All the scammers and subscriptions I signed up to the year prior will automatically get declined, and I only resign up to the ones I actually want.”
- “I made an Apple shortcut that runs once a day automatically that shows me all the photos I took on that day throughout the years. It allows me to slowly clean up all of my photo albums.”
- “I hate doing dishes (no dishwasher) and ALL my lights are smart bulbs. So I tell Alexa, ‘Time to do the dishes,’ and she dims the kitchen to 50% and plays Celtic music so I can pretend to be a Scottish pub owner cleaning up for the night.”
- “I’m sure you mean technology, but I bought 12 pairs of the exact same socks so I never have to match them, and if one gets a hole, I just throw that one out. It’s a very satisfying system.”
- “My iPhone tells my ex to stop texting me if I get a message from him”
- “I hid an Air tag in my car so I never have to remember where I parked. Also helpful if it’s stolen”
Source: Scary Mommy