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A cool tool can be any book, gadget, software, video, map, hardware, material, or website that is tried and true. All reviews on this site are written by readers who have actually used the tool and others like it. Items can be either old or new as long as they are wonderful. We post things we like and ignore the rest. Suggestions for tools much better than what is recommended here are always wanted.
Japanese Barbecue Tongs - I am completely influenced by Japanese chefs on TikTok, and when I saw these tongs, I had to buy them. I find them much better than regular ones, especially for handling small pieces of food while cooking.
Manduka Yoga Mat - Over the past year, I started practicing yoga twice a week. I’m lucky to be able to do it at home with online classes, which helped turn it into a habit—even though I’ve never really enjoyed sports.
Cat Meme Stickers Pack - A pack of about a hundred cat meme stickers. It’s a small, inexpensive thing, but it can completely change my day — surprising someone with a weird cat sticker is a simple gesture that always makes people smile.
DIGITAL
Parcel app - Working from home and spending a lot of time in front of my computer, I buy things online quite a lot. This app is reliable and it’s almost always open on my laptop for tracking all my deliveries.
Make.com- I’ve never really had the calm mind (lol) to become a proper coder, but I’ve always enjoyed tinkering with how things work behind the scenes. Make.com—a no-code platform that connects different apps and services—has genuinely changed my life, dramatically improving my work by letting me automate almost anything I can think of.
INVISIBLE
“Not my business, not my problem.”
Every year, I choose a sentence to guide me in my work. This year it was this “mantra” I often had to repeat to avoid getting too involved in my clients’ company issues, especially when dealing with things I don’t control or am not responsible for.
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