Helping You Help Yourself #8

Rachel —
Jul 13, 2015
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The fourth of July is over but maybe you still want to know how to make your own sparklers.

Maybe your problem isn’t knowing how to clean your apartment or having enough time to clean the apartment but just, you know, feeling like cleaning your apartment. If that sounds like you, here are some ideas.

Do you worry about what will happen if your phone runs out of battery on a long car trip? Here’s how to read a paper map.

Do you have small children, or larger children, or yourself, to keep busy? Here are many adorable things of varying levels of functionality and skill, to make out of clay!

Here are some ways to remove a stripped screw!

Did you know you can make your Gmail background a custom photo? If you set it as your favorite pet/person/sandwich, then it’s waiting there to reward you by becoming visible when you clean out your inbox! If that isn’t enough motivation for you, try the Email Game.

I know it’s a tumblr post, but I still feel like this is better advice than you’ll find most places on what to do if your student loans are in default

Via classic fave How To Grow The Fuck Up, here are guides on how to get a copy of your birth certificate and how to get a replacement photo ID.

Here is how to use jumper cables for your car!

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Some suggestions on how to keep berries fresh for longer!

We could spend all day and all night talking about Unfuck Your Habitat, a la the tumblr/lifechanging phenomenon of the same name, but for now let’s just talk about this one gem of wisdom: you don’t have to keep your house/apartment clean in giant marathon cleaning sessions that leave you exhausted only to be crushed when someone inevitably leaves dirty dishes on the table the next day! Once you’ve motivated yourself to clean, as per linked above, remember that you can do it in 2-3 20-minutes segments throughout the week instead of one hour-long session. You will truly be amazed at how much cleaner your place is after only 20 minutes!

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Rachel is Autostraddle’s Managing Editor and the editor who presides over news & politics coverage. Originally from Boston, MA, Rachel now lives in the Midwest. Topics dear to her heart include bisexuality, The X-Files and tacos. Her favorite Ciara video is probably “Ride,” but if you’re only going to watch one, she recommends “Like A Boy.” You can follow her on twitter and instagram.

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