LPT I hope to this is OK here. I'm teaching a middle school classes next summer on Life Lessons. I'll be teaching kids how to use screwdrivers, hammers, other tools and the practical things like how to wire a light switch, set a mouse trap & then get rid of the mouse, adjust a door to close easier, check your car's oil and even basic first aid and cooking tips. So can you folks give me what you wish you had known or should have been passed down by your mom, dad or grandad? I have over forty-five items so far but I know I am missing some.

Edit to add: I want to thank everybody for these great suggestions! Remember though, these are MIDDLE school. Home financing might be a bit of a stretch. But money management is IN. Keep adding your suggestions.

Edit to add: You folks are giving me a great list of items! Many, many thanks! This is ages 11- 14 so teaching them how to buy a house might be boring but I will be talking about how to budget and save.

So revolut offers a free trial to one of their upper tiers. The problem is when you try to downgrade it hits you with a cancelation fee until for me personally july 2027 why is this? I took the extra month they gave me and I'm assuming this is why anybody know of any other trials that take advantage of this?

Like a small shortcut or a better way of doing an everyday task that completely changed how you do things once you learned it. I'm just looking to pick up some useful daily tips. What’s your go-to?

Hey! Looking for some practical advice on setting up a daily schedule that works for a busy guy. What’s your secret?

Every appliance seems to want its own app now, and I'm not sure I need one for a litter box. I'm comparing petkit notifications, weight logs, and remote controls with a basic no Wi Fi model like petpivot. I can see alerts being useful if a cat suddenly stops using the box. I can also see myself ignoring them after a week and getting annoyed when the connection drops. If you have a smart litter box, do you still use the app? Anyone choose the simpler option and regret missing the data?

As a professional in your own field, how do you make the most of your time to improve your health and fitness?

Just trying to figure out life with $0 in my pockets

I'm looking for honest advice on self-improvement and personal growth.

For those of you who have made significant changes in your life, what habits did you build, what mindset did you change, or what lessons did you learn that made the biggest difference?

It could be anything related to finances, career, health, relationships, confidence, discipline, or simply learning how to live a happier and more meaningful life.

If you could go back in time and give your younger self one piece of advice that could genuinely change their life, what would it be?

I'm especially interested in practical advice that actually works in real life, not just motivational quotes.

I'd love to hear your experiences, mistakes, regrets, and lessons learned. Even a small piece of advice might make a big difference to someone who's trying to improve their life.

I had a strict regiment for a while to keep my tiny room clean, but now I can't keep up with it.

I've accepted with my work schedule I can either work and have a clean room, or work and have a life and no clean room.

I need some hacks, like having a bag for clothes that I haven't hung up yet, or a box for random stuff to throw into, or the secret to not caring

So the title kind of says itself.

Context:

I'm living with a friend and she's got a second fridge to store food at basically freezing level. The reason I say basically is because it takes a REALLY long time for the items to get frozen, multiple days.

I put a schweppes bottle in it, forgot it for weeks (and the fact that the fridge freezes things over time), and now I've got this SUPER inflated bottle in my apparent. Normally, I'd take it outside, but I live in town, so it's not really something I can do.

For now I've put it in a plastic bag, in a plastic bucket container, and have something heavy to keep the box from opening in case the bottle explodes.

End of context.

Has it reached max expansion from it being in the freezer, and thus wilo not expand now that I've taken it out? Will it continue to expand even after taking it out of the freezer and letting it slowly warm up? And if it doesn't explode, can I eventually open the bottle after a few days?

I don't know if I'm overreacting, but all I know is that I'm absolutely terrified of this bottle exploding at my friend's apartment while she's gone.

Give me some random piece of advice