A deposit — some banks can allow you to pay as little as 5% deposit. However, you need to be reminded that generally, the bigger your down payment is, the better the deal you’ll likely to get. Work out what you can afford each month. What do you spend your money on every month? List all of them and get the total. Deduct the amount from your salary. Set aside some cash for bills, and the number you’ll end up with is what you can afford....

Imagination turns into reality with Korner. It is an affordable yet advanced home security system built for your smart phone. The moment an intruder enters your house, it sets off the burglar alarm while also sending you an alert on your phone. Once you receive the alert, the app offers you the option of alerting the police or your neighbors directly from your phone. Of course, you also have the option of rushing home yourself to save the day....

Learning should not be simply about forced memory, and it should not be a difficult task. The mind is an amazing tool. Luckily, there are powerful methods that can assist us in truly grasping difficult concepts. The ADEPT Method for Learning is a practical approach to improving your brainpower. Incorporate this approach into your way of thinking and use it to learn everything with ease.[1] Start with an Analogy A simple trick to improve how we learn is to compare it to something we already know....

From using vanilla extract to make a room smell awesome (its my favorite!) to cleaning stuff with white vinegar; mum’s the word. So, here’s a set of cool hacks from BuzzFeed that would surely make your mamma proud. Featured photo credit: BuzzFeed via goo.gl

So, here are twelve top tips on how to focus more efficiently, remain focused on the daily to-do list, and get through those tasks much quicker while still ensuring great quality. 12 Ways To Be More Focused And Get More Things Done Quickly

Real life is the game that – literally – everyone is playing. But it can be tough. This is your guide. Basics You might not realise, but real life is a game of strategy. There are some fun mini-games – like dancing, driving, running, and sex – but the key to winning is simply managing your resources. Most importantly, successful players put their time into the right things. Later in the game money comes into play, but your top priority should always be mastering where your time goes....

This week, I spoke with Lorie Marrero, creator of The Clutter Diet, about home organization, dealing with family, and getting rid of clutter.. Stay tuned for next week’s show, when I’ll speak with Brett Kelly of The Cranking Widgets Blog. Thanks for listening. Subscribe to the Lifehack Podcast Feed via RSS or iTunes.

No matter what you think, we still need analog, real-world tools to get stuff done. Paper, pens, and pencils as well as carrying bags are needed in my job just as much as a computer is. I used them every day, all day. When JetPens reached out to me offering to build me the Ultimate Analog Productivity Tool Kit, I dared them to try. Here is a review of the following items from JetPens:...

I want to tell you a story about two photographers. For a while now, I’ve been wanting to get more into photography, hoping eventually to buy a nice digital SLR camera. So I was quite thrilled when a photojournalist friend offered to give me some of her old film equipment to learn on. The camera, a Nikon FM2, is a fully manual model first introduced almost 30 years ago. It only uses a battery to run the light meter, and the battery on the one she gave me is burnt out — and I’ve been forbidden to replace it....

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Even with its struggles and difficulties life can be beautiful, depending what you focus on. A beautiful life is one that makes you feel fully alive, is full of inspiration and creates a deeper, more connected environment for us to live in. With this in mind I’ve come up with a few steps on how to live a beautiful life. 1. Always be grateful for the blessings and gifts you already have....

Here are 10 steps to help you start living a unique life – right here, right now, starting today! 1. Define Unique Most people have never thought about what a unique life would look like for them. Think about it. If you designed a unique life for yourself, what would that life be? Define how unique would look like is the first step to living it. Your unique life is like your fingerprint....

Perhaps you were fired from a job or you didn’t always hit your goals. Maybe you switched jobs frequently or were unemployed for an extended period of time. Or, like a lot of people, maybe you are a new college graduate and have no work experience at all. Whatever it is that makes your work history less than perfect, these four tips are the perfect hack to make your negative work experience become your most valuable asset....

Could you guess which major 2016 event your state has cared about most? This map created using Google Trends streaming data pulled by West Frontier can show you! If you’re in Louisiana or Illinois, your streaming sphere has been chugging Beyonce’s Lemonade more than any other state in the U.S. If you’re living in Maine, your neighbors are streaming Republican debates, despite their Democratic roots. And if you live in the Midwest, your state’s obsession with March Madness is stronger than any other states’ outside of your region....

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Milk thistle can grow in parts of the world where the climate is warm, and it can be found in southern Europe, southern Russia, Asia Minor, North Africa, and in North and South America as well. Milk thistle is a herb that belongs to the daisy family and it has red to purple flowers and green leaves. When its leaves are crushed, a white milky fluid comes out, and that is how this plant got its name....

These types of people always get the promotion, win the race, don’t ever seem stressed, and eyes just follow them. What’s their secret? How are they keeping it all together? I know, and I’m going to tell you. It’s about getting the proper sleep. 11 Sleep Habits of Successful People

Unfortunately, too much snacking can cause health problems in the long term because of their high sugar content. Some people have chosen artificial sweeteners, like sucralose and aspartame, to avoid sugar. In theory, it sounds like a good idea. Sucralose and aspartame appear to be a healthier option than granulated sugar, but unfortunately, these sweeteners do more harm than good. Did you know that sucralose reduces good gut bacteria, releases toxins, and links to type 2 diabetes?...

A lot of times, though, the work isn’t enough. We get in our own way with ideas and attitudes about relationships that are not only wrong, but often work to undermine our relationships no matter how hard we work at it. 10 Ways We Hurt Our Romantic Relationships