Life Hacks 206 - #398

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Howdy friends, welcome back to the show. I'm recording live and direct, well, live and pre-recorded from austin, Texas. And if you didn't know that I was out here, you will find out why on the beginning of this episode, which is another Life Hacks. Jonny and yusef join me as we run through our favorite tools, apps, websites, strategies and resources for a productive and efficient life. Today, expect to learn why I'm moving to Texas, how to track your barbell speed, how to get free golf club trackers, why yusef thinks that snidely charging VAT is reprehensible, how to hack ASOS sizing, how to stop yourself from buying junk in the supermarket, why you only need one foreign plug converter and much more. It's so good to have the boys back. I am sad that it wasn't in person. But it's good enough, you know. We go through a ton of good life hacks today. And if you want to give your suggestions, you can join the Modern Wisdom Locals Community and post them in there. And maybe I'll feature one on an upcoming episode. modernwisdom.locals.com, join me and over 1500 other listeners, where we talk about all sorts of interesting things, including who I'm seeing and what I'm getting up to in Texas. Which is lovely, by the way. Very much enjoying it here. Needed a change of routine. And I've absolutely got that. I will be seeing Daniel Sloss this Thursday. Saw him in Newcastle. Now I'm seeing him in austin, so I can't get away from the guy. So I'll be seeing him. I was with Michael Mallis this weekend. It's gonna be a fun few weeks. And you should expect some very special episodes with some people who will be landing in the city in not too long. But now, it is time for some more life hacks. With Jonny & yusef.
It is another Life Hacks. It's been so long, hasn't it?

**Jonny Watson** (2:01)
Ages.

**Chris Williamson** (2:02)
Too long, if anything.

**Jonny Watson** (2:04)
I actually can't remember when I was in...

**Chris Williamson** (2:06)
Five months is how long it's been.

**Jonny Watson** (2:07)
Is that right?

**Dr. Yusef Smith** (2:08)
No, it wasn't. Five months.

**Chris Williamson** (2:10)
Five months.

**Dr. Yusef Smith** (2:13)
Since the last Life Hacks.

**Chris Williamson** (2:14)
Yep, June.

**Jonny Watson** (2:17)
What's weird is I don't feel like I have that many new hacks on my list.

**Chris Williamson** (2:21)
I've got loads.

**Jonny Watson** (2:23)
I thought you might.

**Chris Williamson** (2:24)
Yeah.

**Jonny Watson** (2:27)
It wouldn't be right for you to suggest a Life Hacks episode if you had no Life Hacks.

**Chris Williamson** (2:30)
No. Yeah. That's when I suggest let's do a Life Hacks episode. It's because my list is getting very swollen and turgid, and it needs a release.

**Jonny Watson** (2:39)
It's releasing.

**Chris Williamson** (2:40)
Yes. Manual release. Today is the manual release of all of my Life Hacks. Hot sticky Life Hacks all over your screen.

**Jonny Watson** (2:50)
Can't wait.

**Chris Williamson** (2:51)
Also, I am going to Texas for a while, this Friday.
I'm going to fly to austin and spend a few weeks out there, which is going to be fun because the last 18 months have basically been the same day lived over and over again. I elected to essentially extend my quarantine because I created a routine that I haven't been able to get myself back out of. Even though the rest of the world opened back up, I just stuck to the same thing.

**Dr. Yusef Smith** (3:23)
Yeah, I think for the three of us, we have just lived the same day over and over again.

**Chris Williamson** (3:30)
I just need to break it, man. So yeah, I'm going to go to austin.

**Dr. Yusef Smith** (3:34)
For some reason, when I imagine you in austin, you just always have the cowboy hat.

**Chris Williamson** (3:40)
You think I'm going to appropriate austin Texan culture very quickly?

**Dr. Yusef Smith** (3:44)
Yeah, like leather holsters and big snake skin boots and those kind of suede trunks.

**Chris Williamson** (3:50)
Massive belt buckle.

**Dr. Yusef Smith** (3:51)
Yeah.

**Chris Williamson** (3:53)
Asking why and what?

**Dr. Yusef Smith** (3:57)
What, where, who and where.

**Jonny Watson** (3:58)
Where, who, just become Frank Underwood from house of Cards.

**Chris Williamson** (4:03)
Was he from Texas?

**Jonny Watson** (4:05)
I think he's supposed to be. There's like an undertone of Texas accent.

**Dr. Yusef Smith** (4:10)
Something about him, he, when that scandal went on and he just doubled down.

**Chris Williamson** (4:16)
What? And then he privately created his own DVD extra. For anyone that doesn't know what we're talking about, the guy that plays Frank Underwood who is called...