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We had a huge home improvement that left us in a hotel for 4 months, shortly after pandemic. So the hotel was giving breakfast in "disposable" containers. My husband would grab one everyday with his eggs. We still have those containers from 3 yrs ago and he is still re using them
Just please be careful, depending on the plastic, that many containers are not made to be used for a longer period of time and will release toxins and micro plastics into your food!
Just please be careful, depending on the plastic, that many containers are not made to be used for a longer period of time and will release toxins and micro plastics into your food!
Speaking of crayons, you can take the bits with the wrapper removed, put them in a silicone mold (such as a star shape), and melt them down into that shape. It let's you keep using the old crayons that are too small to use otherwise, plus the shape and/or mixing of colors can make them fun.
My kid has gotten a new different color spiral bound notebook for every subject since fifth grade. They are always left with 10 to 15% of the paper. This is the paper I use when I go to Korean Class. I have been studying Korean since 2017 and I have never bought notebook paper for it. Occasionally, I will get a big stock report of bound white paper. This paper is absolutely perfect for draining fried spring rolls on. once the Page gets greasy I flip 5 more pages 😂 I always save one back for frying. I keep quart yogurt containers for disposing old oil. I save old glass jars for canning figs, fig jam is expensive but canning jars are really expensive so I just reuse old jars as they still have 1 canning left in them.
Very good video and, in the context of Apple boxes, they are especially useful if you intend to sell the products at a later date. The next owner is usually much more inclined to buy from you if, firstly, the product has been well maintained and is still in mint condition, and secondly, if it comes in its original packaging with the accompanying printed materials.
Additional ideas: 1. Old newspapers: Use two on the bottom of your cat box as liner, then rip two more into shreds for litter. Also, use them as weed barrier in your garden. 2. I use those clear clamshells to arrange hooks, nails, etc. in my junk drawer. Also, if you garden save your clean take-home styrofoam food containers to fill up half your big gardening pots and use less soil. Tear up some non-waxed cardboard to mix in your dirt to retain water. 3. Aluminum foil gets used twice in my house, if it can be washed. Three times if it can survive two washes, dry, be balled up into pot scrubbers. When they go flat, then toss. 4. Glass olive jars are the perfect height to carry my liquid B12, which always seems to leak. Tuck down inside a shoe or rolled sweatshirt for extra protection. 5. I would never throw those big veggie rubber bands away. 6. Old phone cords. Perfect for tying up garden or house plants. 7. I make bookmarks out of calendar pages.
I guess that I should add that we no longer utilize "Usetabee" food storage containers. (Used to be margarine, etc., which I saw on an SNL "Black Jeopardy" skit.) The reason is that they are plastic, and it is a bad idea health-wise to microwave food in plastic containers, and because we value our time. Instead we use Pyrex (glass) containers, and I will eat dinner out of the container instead of using a bowl or plate. You can find Pyrex containers at thrift stores, but they're not all that expensive. I like them because they go from freezer to refrigerator to microwave oven to dishwasher to a shelf. We made sure that they would work and play well together, i.e., they stack easily on the shelf or in the freezer, and fit easily in the dishwasher. It's a one-time expenditure that saves us lots of time and work, and they will last forever.
I do the same with glass Containers. Use wide mouth jar for salad. I'm single. Put all salad mixing into jar, then pour in dressing and shake jar. Keeps salad and dressing contained. Easier than tossing a salad when parts of salad and dressing splash on your counter. No counter cleanup.
Coffee grounds can be used as a scrub/ abrasive to clean some kitchen things or hands. My family knows I ask for gift bags and boxes back for the next occasion. My friend is using any boxes she receives from amazon to box up donations as she is paring down.
Ah, number 6 birthday candle can't be a 9 because the wick is on top, unless you're going to do some shaving to find the wick on the other side, so use it for birthday 16, 26, etc...
I use the envelopes that come with bills for lists…maybe tuck a recipe in the grocery one…tape measure and list of wants from thrift store, keeps my handbag neater
I have wash clothes from when my daughter was a toddler that I use for cleaning now. Also the newspaper and junk mail can be crumpled up and put in your shoes to dry them out after it rains. Get the lint from your dryer and put it into old toilet paper rolls for fire starters.
Except for the alluminum foil, I reuse everything you said and more. Why throw away something that could be purchased if it didn't have some sticker from some company? Most of the garbage is valuable. And of course I don't accumulate things; but I don't see the point of throwing away something that can be easily reused. It's good for your pocket, for your home organization and for the planet.
Ive been reusing gift bags since they were invented (well close enough). We have a long road trip next year and my husband is bringing a tote to collect all the toiletries, tp, and tissue boxes. His goal is to have it filled by the time we get home LOL
You got me. I cut up scrap paper and old envelopes to make note paper guilty as charged. I use old toothbrushes to scrub around taps, between tiles and inside ug holes . Tin foil folded up several times is good to sharpen scissors with. News papers are great for packing, wrapping broken glass, making pattern pieces
I’m all about recycling, reusing. Unfortunately I feel like they clutter/hoard all over my small apartment so I end up just discarding many of these except for hotel items. If I had a large house….
I'm horrified to realize that other people don't consider these items multi-use. Why on earth throw things away when you already know you're going to need them again??? Mind blown.
Okay. Can’t watch the rest all the video. I kept so many of those items just to declutter and toss in the future. Throw many of those things away and make peace with the decision. So much better for your wellbeing.
My goodness!! I would NEVER want a gift from you!! Half used hotel batteries and a re-used gift bag. I can't think of a more terrible inconsiderate gift that says, "I'm going through the motions of caring about you but you're nothing but a stepping stone to my path to become wealthy." There is more to life than money, my friend. As a fellow millionaire, I would encourage you to give more and be a penny-pincher less!! Talk about a real life Scrooge McDuck!! This is ridiculous! Give your wealth away!
hmmmm.....hurry your children to blow out their birthday candle...😳 are you shure you need to save that much as to hurry your kids on their B-days?... eh wow. Is that frugal or plain stingy...? 😱
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Are you the same Tae Kim that had a YT channel that teaches Japanese years ago?
My Mom likes to save my sister's Victoria Secret pink bags to re-use as gift bags for presents.
"Here you go little Billy, Happy Birthday"
We had a huge home improvement that left us in a hotel for 4 months, shortly after pandemic. So the hotel was giving breakfast in "disposable" containers. My husband would grab one everyday with his eggs. We still have those containers from 3 yrs ago and he is still re using them
Just please be careful, depending on the plastic, that many containers are not made to be used for a longer period of time and will release toxins and micro plastics into your food!
Great tips for saving. Do be careful, the line between super saver to hoarder is a thin stretch away…
Old sandwich meat containers are my Tupperware😂
Just please be careful, depending on the plastic, that many containers are not made to be used for a longer period of time and will release toxins and micro plastics into your food!
Empty ice cream tubs is always used as marinated fish container in a Filipino household.. so as cookie tin cans as sewing stuff containers
In our Mexican household, we use the large icecream containers to store soup or meat. ❤😂
And exactly the same as y'all for the cookie containers.🥰
Speaking of crayons, you can take the bits with the wrapper removed, put them in a silicone mold (such as a star shape), and melt them down into that shape. It let's you keep using the old crayons that are too small to use otherwise, plus the shape and/or mixing of colors can make them fun.
A tip from me , the plastic boxes you get from instant noodles. You can reuse them for food waste when your cutting.
My kid has gotten a new different color spiral bound notebook for every subject since fifth grade. They are always left with 10 to 15% of the paper. This is the paper I use when I go to Korean Class. I have been studying Korean since 2017 and I have never bought notebook paper for it. Occasionally, I will get a big stock report of bound white paper. This paper is absolutely perfect for draining fried spring rolls on. once the Page gets greasy I flip 5 more pages 😂 I always save one back for frying. I keep quart yogurt containers for disposing old oil. I save old glass jars for canning figs, fig jam is expensive but canning jars are really expensive so I just reuse old jars as they still have 1 canning left in them.
Very good video and, in the context of Apple boxes, they are especially useful if you intend to sell the products at a later date. The next owner is usually much more inclined to buy from you if, firstly, the product has been well maintained and is still in mint condition, and secondly, if it comes in its original packaging with the accompanying printed materials.
Tae, this is a video that all ladies and wives already know. I still watched this til the end. I’m just checking off what I am already doing.😂😂😂
Additional ideas: 1. Old newspapers: Use two on the bottom of your cat box as liner, then rip two more into shreds for litter. Also, use them as weed barrier in your garden. 2. I use those clear clamshells to arrange hooks, nails, etc. in my junk drawer. Also, if you garden save your clean take-home styrofoam food containers to fill up half your big gardening pots and use less soil. Tear up some non-waxed cardboard to mix in your dirt to retain water. 3. Aluminum foil gets used twice in my house, if it can be washed. Three times if it can survive two washes, dry, be balled up into pot scrubbers. When they go flat, then toss. 4. Glass olive jars are the perfect height to carry my liquid B12, which always seems to leak. Tuck down inside a shoe or rolled sweatshirt for extra protection. 5. I would never throw those big veggie rubber bands away. 6. Old phone cords. Perfect for tying up garden or house plants. 7. I make bookmarks out of calendar pages.
In south america we do all this, great channel!
Greetings from Santiago de Chile
Excellent video!! I use them all
I guess that I should add that we no longer utilize "Usetabee" food storage containers. (Used to be margarine, etc., which I saw on an SNL "Black Jeopardy" skit.) The reason is that they are plastic, and it is a bad idea health-wise to microwave food in plastic containers, and because we value our time. Instead we use Pyrex (glass) containers, and I will eat dinner out of the container instead of using a bowl or plate. You can find Pyrex containers at thrift stores, but they're not all that expensive. I like them because they go from freezer to refrigerator to microwave oven to dishwasher to a shelf. We made sure that they would work and play well together, i.e., they stack easily on the shelf or in the freezer, and fit easily in the dishwasher. It's a one-time expenditure that saves us lots of time and work, and they will last forever.
I do the same with glass Containers. Use wide mouth jar for salad. I'm single. Put all salad mixing into jar, then pour in dressing and shake jar. Keeps salad and dressing contained. Easier than tossing a salad when parts of salad and dressing splash on your counter. No counter cleanup.
Coffee grounds can be used as a scrub/ abrasive to clean some kitchen things or hands.
My family knows I ask for gift bags and boxes back for the next occasion.
My friend is using any boxes she receives from amazon to box up donations as she is paring down.
Ah, number 6 birthday candle can't be a 9 because the wick is on top, unless you're going to do some shaving to find the wick on the other side, so use it for birthday 16, 26, etc...
Just don’t buy those . One of my purchase decision is how many times I can use
I use the envelopes that come with bills for lists…maybe tuck a recipe in the grocery one…tape measure and list of wants from thrift store, keeps my handbag neater
Thanks for the laugh! Your tips are practical and fun!
beautiful family
I have wash clothes from when my daughter was a toddler that I use for cleaning now. Also the newspaper and junk mail can be crumpled up and put in your shoes to dry them out after it rains. Get the lint from your dryer and put it into old toilet paper rolls for fire starters.
You’re using old Indian tricks
Usefull tips, they make all the difference.
This video had me rolling with laughter-it’s hysterical. But you’re not wrong… 😂
I have used a spoon I got with frozen yogurt for years and years in my lunchbox for work. Crazy to throw those away after one use.
Also for wrapping, newspaper, free news papers and magazines, especially the large ones. If you're creative you never have to pay for gift wrap.
3:34 I worked as a Management Consultant for 3 years. I didn’t buy toiletries for 5 years.
I literally have around 100 washed and clean plastic cups when ordering a drink. I honestly won't use it and feel "stuck" saving it.
Except for the alluminum foil, I reuse everything you said and more. Why throw away something that could be purchased if it didn't have some sticker from some company? Most of the garbage is valuable. And of course I don't accumulate things; but I don't see the point of throwing away something that can be easily reused. It's good for your pocket, for your home organization and for the planet.
Ive been reusing gift bags since they were invented (well close enough). We have a long road trip next year and my husband is bringing a tote to collect all the toiletries, tp, and tissue boxes. His goal is to have it filled by the time we get home LOL
I love your bookshelves. Where did you get them? What brand?
You got me. I cut up scrap paper and old envelopes to make note paper guilty as charged. I use old toothbrushes to scrub around taps, between tiles and inside ug holes . Tin foil folded up several times is good to sharpen scissors with. News papers are great for packing, wrapping broken glass, making pattern pieces
I came from a poor Indian family. I was surprised that the toothbrushes, old t shirts are thrown away. They are cleaning brushes and mops
I do most of these already but hadn't heard of the tinfoil for sharpening scissors tip! Thanks, going to try that one out
This video gave me vibes re-living all the Life Hacks I got from my asian mom and grandma....
Good video
I’m all about recycling, reusing. Unfortunately I feel like they clutter/hoard all over my small apartment so I end up just discarding many of these except for hotel items. If I had a large house….
Love it ❤
Good to know that le labo makes lotion. 😆
Saw on TV a couple who washed their dental floss. That's a stretch for me.
Add your additional re-use tips here!
Wash and air dry your paper towels. Only throw away once too ripped. At that point demote to the floor or garage for additional use.
This man has infinite bins
Yea, I do all these things. And I definitely own too much stuff.
I'm horrified to realize that other people don't consider these items multi-use. Why on earth throw things away when you already know you're going to need them again??? Mind blown.
I use a new tooth brush every day. To me, they're one-time use.
The title should be, “How to become a hoarder starter guide”
Okay. Can’t watch the rest all the video. I kept so many of those items just to declutter and toss in the future. Throw many of those things away and make peace with the decision. So much better for your wellbeing.
My goodness!! I would NEVER want a gift from you!! Half used hotel batteries and a re-used gift bag. I can't think of a more terrible inconsiderate gift that says, "I'm going through the motions of caring about you but you're nothing but a stepping stone to my path to become wealthy."
There is more to life than money, my friend. As a fellow millionaire, I would encourage you to give more and be a penny-pincher less!!
Talk about a real life Scrooge McDuck!! This is ridiculous! Give your wealth away!
I buy fast fashion clothes ans treat it like luxury
hmmmm.....hurry your children to blow out their birthday candle...😳 are you shure you need to save that much as to hurry your kids on their B-days?... eh wow. Is that frugal or plain stingy...? 😱
Bro that was a joke. Wtf
That hair… lol