34 Little Ways We Learned to Make Our Day a Little Better

Life is tough. You have to wake up earlier than any human being would want to, find something to wear, commute to work, do your dumb job, commute back home, figure out what you’re going to have for dinner and then get ready to go to bed to do it all over again. Unfortunately, we don’t have much advice for how to break the day-to-day monotony that we all seem to live in, but we did collect a bunch of little things that we can do for one another to make the day go by just a little smoother. Things like…

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34 A little thank you

When you let a semi merge and he blinks his lights as a thank you... That feels amazing. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

33 Being nudged to safety

Whenever we walk alongside a road, my husband makes sure he is closer to the traffic than I am. That little nudge to steer me into safety always makes my day. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

32 Strangers starting conversations

It makes my day (and thoroughly surprises me) every time a stranger starts up a conversation with me. GRAGKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

31 Being thanked for doing your job

GRACKED COM When my boss thanks me for doing a great job Even though I'm just doing things as I normally do — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

30 Waving at an old so-and-so

Whenever someone I met somewhere waves at me, joy fills my heart. I'm glad they still remember me. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

29 Giving a friend the last mozzarella stick

NOTHING FILLS ME WITH MORE UNBRIDLED JOY THAN BEING OFFERED THE LAST MOZZARELLA STICK. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

28 Mowing a neighbor's lawn

DHV There' S nothing quite like coming home from a bard day' s work and seeing that my neighbor mowed my grass for me. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

27 Checking in on a friend

WHEN SOMEONE TEXTS ME ASKING ME IF I ARRIVED SAFELY AFTER MEETING UP. IT SHOWS THEY CARE, AND THAT CHEERS ME UP. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

26 Returning someone's stuff

Whenever I've dropped something on the street and someone behind me chases me to give my stuff back, it restores my faith in humanity. GRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

25 Speaking someone's language

When someone who speaks multiple languages... and Exten Rhad B2 - Purp SEEN ...takes time out of their day to offer me directions in my own. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

24 Letting someone go ahead

SPLES response At the grocery store, whenever someone with a full cart in front of me at TASTE checkout notices I Krinpsh EXTREME only have a couple - adidas items and offers to let me go ahead, that really makes my day. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

23 Taking care of business

Sometimes a colleague will leave me a note with a list of chores they did to make shift easier. my Hey there I emptied the trash and made a fresh batch of coffee. I also filed the rest of the documents Have a nice day : ) ) CRACKED.COM It's the best way to start work and motivates me to do the same for the next shift. — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

22 Being the arguement-settler

I absolutely love it when my friends ask me to settle arguments. It makes me feel like the ALPHA friend. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

21 Paying for someone's meal

FOR - man PAR - avai BUT Kanburgur Sie When the driver ahead of me paid for my meal at a drive-thru, it brightened my day. GRAGKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

20 Letting someone change lanes

CRACKED.COM After putting on my turn signal, if another driver waves me over, allowing me to change lanes, then it doesn't matter what else happens that day. It was a good day. — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

19 The bigger half

When somebody splits a treat with me, it feels amazing when they deliberately hand over the bigger piece. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

18 Separating an egg

CRACKED.COM Squeeze an empty plastic bottle. Shouldn't there be an easy way to separate an egg yolk from the white? 2 Touch it to the yolk. 3 Release. — **Source:** **Life Hacks We Think Are Pretty Darn Boss**

17 Your head is an antenna

CRACKED.COM Putting your car remote control under your chin extends its range. Use your head as an antenna. — **Source:** **Life Hacks We Think Are Pretty Darn Boss**

16 Sending puppy memes

When a friend sends me a punny meme, I always brighten up. CRACKED.COM FIREFOX Has encoutered an unexpected problem with Windows It reminds me that people not only think about me, but really get me, too. — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

15 Opening a door

CRACKED.COM I don't have power locks, SO I unlock my passenger's door with my key. When they reach over and open my door for me in turn, it's like the sun coming out on a cloudy day. — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

14 Just asking if someone is okay

Asking me if I'm okay makes me feel like I am, even if I wasn't. This reminds me that someone cares. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

13 Letting pedestrians cross

I really appreciate drivers who slow down their cars just to let me cross the road. TOTOL CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

12 Waving thanks

Getting a thank-you wave from a pedestrian after stopping 2 for them at a crosswalk. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

11 Reaching out to an old friend

Hearing from someone I haven't talked to in a long time immediately makes my day. It makes me feel remembered. GRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

10 Vinegar fixes rusty tools

Is your tool rusty?* Soak it overnight in vinegar and salt, then clean it and dry it. Good as new! *We mean an actual tool, not that tool of yours. Don't soak that in vinegar! CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **Life Hacks We Think Are Pretty Darn Boss**

9 The always available calendar

You always have a calendar on hand. 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 Mar May Aug Oct Dec Jul Jan Sep Nov Feb Apr Jun 30 30 28 30 30 29 You can try to remember the rhyme Thirty Days Hath September - or you can use your knuckles. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **Life Hacks We Think Are Pretty Darn Boss**

8 Boosting your wi-fi signal

Boost your wi-fi signal with beer! 1 Drink the beer. 2 Clean and cut the can. 3 Enjoy your drunk web surfing! CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **Life Hacks We Think Are Pretty Darn Boss**

7 Fixing a stripped screw hole

Stripped screw hole in wood? Fix it with a match. Break a matchstick 1 inside the hole. Screw into 2 the matchstick. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **Life Hacks We Think Are Pretty Darn Boss**

6 How good is that battery?

Do you want to know if an alkaline battery is fresh? Just drop it. If it bounces If there's a pep little, or not at in its step, it's all, it's fresh. an old battery. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **Life Hacks We Think Are Pretty Darn Boss**

5 An impromptu plunger

34 Little Ways We Learned to Make Our Day a Little Better — **Source:** **Life Hacks We Think Are Pretty Darn Boss**

4 Scraping Someone's Windshield

My cold, busy morning is always made better when I go to my car and find that someone has scraped the frost from my windshield for me. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

3 Breakfast For Your Co-Workers

Nothing makes a morning better than when your cool coworker brings surprise breakfast. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

2 Letting the passenger pick the music

I love it when other PLAYING FROM ALPIM Never Give Up Never Surrended drivers let BACKYARU SUPERHEROES me choose the music as a passenger. NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER BURRENDERI What 19? Sharing my + Backyand Superheroes an 1:00 new favorite x bands and 12 - songs brings me tons ofjoy. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

1 A little help from the cashier

WHEN MY BALANCE IS 2 C OVER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND INSTEAD OF STICKING ME WITH 98 IN CHANGE. THE CASHIER SAYS: Don't worry about it - I've got the 2$ CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **26 Ways One Little Thing Can Make Your Whole Day**

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