Things we were doing wrong the entire life

Right now, I am suspended somewhere between shock and disbelief. As it turns out, I have been approaching life all wrong, and there is a vast amount of space for improvement. And I'd be willing to be that you have, too.

Now, I'm not talking about our jobs, or relationships, or how much pizza we ate in one sitting. I'm talking about everyday things that many of us fail to realize, hacks so simple that you won't be able to believe you didn't think of them. These are 22 of those hacks. Prepare to reevaluate everything you've ever known.

#1. If you lay a wooden spoon over the top of a boiling pot, it keeps the water from bubbling over the side of the pot and making a big mess.

#2. Put your straw through your soda can tab to keep it from floating up and away.

#3. You're supposed to use a flange plunger for your toilet and a cup plunger for your sink. Most of us simply use one for both - hopefully with a good wash in between.

#4. If you didn't catch this, yogurt containers like these are meant to be flipped.

#5. If you make a few small cuts in an orange, it rolls out in a nice, orderly, non-sticky fashion.

#6. You're supposed to pull the sides of the juice box out so that your kids can hold onto them and keep the juice from spilling.

#7. Use a paper clip to pop the reset button on the ink cartridge when the computer says you're out of ink. It leaves with with a bit extra for emergency printing.

#8. Keep your extension cords from coming undone with this handy trick.

#9. The best way to peel bananas - so you don't damage the fruit - is from the bottom up.

#10. You're supposed to use the hole in the pot to handle to hold your spoon while cooking.