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Life Kit’s tips of the month: On seafood labels, eye strain and sibling relationships

By Life Kit
Life Kit editors share some of our favorite tips from our March episodes (clockwise from left): How to prevent eye strain, how to quickly get a messy house back in order and how to manage adult sibling relationships.
Life Kit editors share some of our favorite tips from our March episodes (clockwise from left): How to prevent eye strain, how to quickly get a messy house back in order and how to manage adult sibling relationships.

The great thing about working on Life Kit is that the editors and producers get to pick up all sorts of nifty life hacks that improve our daily lives, save money and enhance our relationships.

Here are nine expert tips from our March episodes we were most excited to share — and put into practice in our own daily lives.

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.Pack a dark-colored bath towel when traveling with a baby or toddler. Don’t be swayed by seafood labels like ‘wild caught’ and ‘farm raised’ when buying fish. If you are in a lot of debt, call your creditors and see if they can lower your payments or your interest rate.If a business you don’t expect to ask for a tip is suddenly asking you for a tip, what should you doTo help prevent eye strain at your workspace, make sure the top of your computer screen is at or just below eye level.Quickly get a messy house back in order (with minimal effort).

Don’t worry about actually taking out the trash, washing the dishes or doing the laundry until later when you have more energy.

Want to grow food but don’t get a lot of light? Go for something leafy. It’s OK not to have a close relationship with your sibling. Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships

A sibling relationship is more like a book that you’re writing together, says Geoffrey Greif, co-author of the book Adult Sibling Relationships. That begins with asking, who am I in this story? What kind of sibling do I want to be?

The digital story was written by Malaka Gharib and edited by Clare Marie Schneider. The visual editor is Beck Harlan. We’d love to hear from you. Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or email us at LifeKit@npr.org.Listen to Life Kit on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and sign up for our newsletter.
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