If you don’t have someone in your life who can teach you basic life skills such as shaving or how to use an oven to cook food safely, you can use YouTube to learn these things.
You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Making changes to your life can seem daunting, especially when trying to do it all at once. Breaking things down, into smaller, more manageable chunks can really help.
Installing and correctly using a room thermostat and thermostatic radiator valves could save £70-£150 and 310kg to 630kg carbon dioxide a year.
Turn down your room thermostat by one degree: save around £75 and 310kg carbon dioxide a year.
Productivity app: Evernote is a free cross-platform app that lets you store, organise and search your own study notes, web clips, audio, diagrams and photo’s.
The Pomodoro Technique: you work/study in 25-minute bursts alternating with 5 minutes of break time. Each of these work sessions is called a “pomodoro”, Italian for tomato (the shape of the 25-minute Pomodoro timers.) After every 4 pomodoros, you get a longer 15 minute break to decompress, check Facebook, step outside for a bit, grab a snack, or anything else you can fit into 15 minutes.
When you blame others, you give away your power to get something fixed – so instead involve people to create something greater than the problem you are trying to solve.
The typical cost of household damage caused by burst frozen pipes in the cold spell of 2010 averaged up to £7,000 per household. Make sure that both your buildings and contents insurance policies provide your home with sufficient cover.
Knowing where your stopcock is (water mains valve) means you can instantly turn it off the moment you find a burst pipe, reducing the damage to your house and belongings.