25 Life Hacks You Need to Survive Your 20s

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You've saved up your vacation days and you're ready for the week-long beach turn up. Don't let flight websites play you. If you visit a site and leave it to search for cheaper flights and return, the price will increase because the website is stored on your Internet's memory and recognizes you left and returned to the site i.e you couldn't find anything in your budget. Clear your cache every time you search for flights. Or, take the 16-hour bus down to Miami. Your choice.

There are situations where escape is necessary. To avoid being rude, if you care, download the fake-a-call app so your flooded apartment excuse is somewhat believable. A couple clicks and the app makes your phone seem anyone you choose is calling you. Or, just man up and tell her you're just not that into her.

Shoutout to the Slate for one of the most legit hangover cures we've ever seen. Drinking Pedialyte, the children's electrolyte drink, replenishes and rehydrates your body, allowing it to replace everything it lost after your wild night out. Pedialyte comes in ice pop form if you want a cure and a treat.

Put Chapstick on a shaving cut or a paper cut and not only will the burning stop, but the bleeding will stop, too.

We all know people get reckless when their stomachs start to grumble. All of sudden no one saw your Post-It note or the permanent marker rubbed off your tupperware. Check this for an anti-theft lunch bag.

Put two slices of bread in the same toaster slot so your sandwich will be soft on the inside and toasted on the outside.

Your boo is coming over and you're trying to set the mood, but you might develop second-degree burns before you light a candle. Try lighting a spaghetti stick and using that to light the candle's wick instead of charring your thumb finger.

Studies show apples are more effective than caffeine in keeping people awake and alert.

Don't get mad when her stuff starts piling up on the bathroom counter. Use it to your advantage. Her hair straightener can be used to iron out wrinkles in collars if you don't own an iron (or are too lazy/time-pressed to turn one on).

Take a pen apart and use the coil inside to wrap around where wire meets the part you plug into your phone. You don't want your phone to hit 1% and your charger to be broken.

10minutemail.com assigns you a fake email address so you can avoid giving sketchy websites your personal address.

Adding "?.jpg" to the end of a URL allows you to access the Internet for free.

Solo cups are dual purposed. Putting your phone in a plastic cup (empty of course) will make the music louder.

The wine isn't cold enough and ice dilutes it. Freeze grapes and put them in the wine glass; coolness is achieved and flavor is maintained.

This way you're always ready to get crunk.

No one needs to know you finished up the forms at 5 a.m. after you hit the club. Especially not your boss. Type out the email, attach the files and then boomerang the email and choose exactly what time you want it to arrive in their inbox. Instructions on how to set up the gmail app here.

Grocery stores will usually sell expired foods at a discount if you ask at the counter, and many foods last about a week after their expiration date. 

Wet a paper towel, wrap it around your beer, and stick it in the fridge. 10-15 minutes later it will be ice cold.

The life of a 20-something is often defined by the desire to turn up but the struggle of being broke. 15 dollar drinks don't help. Next time you go out, BYOB in a flask. Your friends might judge you, but when the tab comes, who's gonna be mad?

Can you order something off the Internet? Yes. Can you operate a screwdriver? Maybe. Do you have 100 extra dollars? Probably not. Next time your phone screen cracks, because it will, buy a screen kit off eBay or Amazon for around 20 bucks and follow a YouTube tutorial to get your phone back in order. Better than sliding that Benjamin in the Apple store.

If you have a stuffy nose, sleep next to a sliced onion, and you'll wake up with a clearer nose.

If your clothes shrunk in the dryer soak them in a mixture of hair conditioner and hot water for about 5 minutes to get them back to their regular size. And consider air drying for next time.

Place a dryer sheet over your AC unit or a fan and your room will smell better. Stuff a couple extra in your shoes for the same effect.

Just make sure no one looks too closesly at the graduation year.

Call your local pizza place and ask if they have any orders that haven't been picked up. If it's been a few hours, they'll usually sell you the pizza at a discount.