Life Hacks 104 - #018

**Chris Williamson** (0:01)
Hello there. This week, we have another Life Hacks episode. Jonny is still away, so it's just me and Yusef, head to head with some of our best shortcuts to give you a productive life. And this is absolutely jam-packed. So we've got our favorite YouTube apps, Music to Work 2, our favorite Cashback apps, how you can split the energy bill between your friends and your house easily, our favorite new article site that allows us to have curated content bespokely given to us every single day for free, how to use Whatsapp on your laptop, how to get hold of melatonin gummies in the UK now, the best way that we book hotels, how you can get the cheapest meat ordered online and delivered to your door, some productivity hacks, a two-minute working rule, which has changed the way that I look at my daily schedule, and an awful lot more. The list really is, it's endless. And just as well, because we're going to keep these coming at you. Also, if there are any discount codes or referral codes that we know that you will be able to benefit from, they will be in the show notes below. Please use the links, because it will mean that Yusef is a little bit less skinned as a medical student, and it means that you'll end up earning some discount or some cash back or whatever it might be. I know I say this every week as well, but I really do appreciate all of the messages. They appear to be ramping up all the time, and how heartfelt they are really, really does touch me. It's very empowering to feel like I'm improving other people's lives, and I'd do this if no one was listening, but the fact that it's having a good effect on a lot of you is very meaningful, so thank you very much. But for now, let's get into it. Lifehacks104.
Have you got some lifehacks?

**Yusef** (2:09)
Yes.

**Chris Williamson** (2:10)
Have you been keeping a diary? Yeah. I have.

**Yusef** (2:12)
Have you?

**Chris Williamson** (2:13)
It's the easiest way to do it, because when I have to think about them on cue, it's impossible.

**Yusef** (2:19)
Or come up with shit ones. Yeah. Actually, there's some really-

**Chris Williamson** (2:22)
When I log them in advance, it's awesome. So, hi again. Life Hacks 104 this time. Jonny is not here. 104 He is in somewhere hot, sweating, and is complaining that being 105 kilos is too large.

**Yusef** (2:40)
It's your own fault, Jonny. You're 105 kilos.

**Chris Williamson** (2:42)
It was his choice to move to the 120s, wasn't it? As a power lifter. So, Life Hacks 104, who's going to go first? Do you want to go first?

**Yusef** (2:53)
Sure. So, one that I've realized that I've been using seamlessly, as you said, it's the ones that are the most background, that are probably the most useful for you, but they're the least ones. They're not the ones you'd be like, oh, yeah, I do that thing.

**Chris Williamson** (3:06)
They've integrated themselves so seamlessly in your life that it's like talking about breathing or talking about eating.

**Yusef** (3:11)
Exactly. So, what is water to a fish? So, Splitwise is one that, so this is a tool, it's free. There is a paid version, but the paid version is so high powered that you just don't need it.

**Chris Williamson** (3:24)
So, there's too much optimisation.

**Yusef** (3:25)
Yeah, exactly. So, if you live in a flat share, and one of you handles the bills, this is phenomenal. So, it's got like a, there's like a machine learning element to it and everything. But what it is, each person gets an account, you join a group, which is your flat, and then you input expenses. So, you can set recurring expenses that are like broadband, cancel tax, yeah, and you can input individual ones. It then creates a running tally of how much each person is owed. And so, it'll offset based on what other people have bought. So, if you pay the cancel tax, and then your flatmate goes and buys some toilet roll, and puts it into Splitwise, it'll balance it again.

**Chris Williamson** (4:07)
This is just like your wet dream.

**Yusef** (4:08)
Incredible, and then once a month, it sends you all an email saying who is owed what. And as you type in electricity or whatever, British gas or whatever, it'll then detect, based on the words that are typed in, it'll create a little icon like light bulb, categorize it under electricity and utilities are...

**Chris Williamson** (4:28)
Yeah, that's just stiffy and juicing for you, isn't it?