Helpful tips

I took a photo of my hearing aids so that when I have to pull the 'pipe' out of the earpiece to clean it I can reassemble them without too much aggro. It can be difficult to tell exactly which bit fits where as using the 'mirror image' by comparing them was confusing. I do them one at a time and still slightly dread it but not as much.

When I go out I put my house key in my LEFT pocket as I have LEFT the house and the car key in my RIGHT pocket as I have the RIGHT to drive. If they go in a bag I use the same system with the front of the bag facing me.

Oh also...... I stopped using deodorant during lockdown. It took a few weeks to ‘adjust’, but it’s wonderful removing another chemical from my body !

Online supermarket shopping. I go to the supermarket once a month...to have a look at new products, temptations etc...and then order online the other 3 weeks. Brilliant!

During the 'first' lockdown - realised I had never liked wearing earrings. Stopped. Saves me a couple of minutes every morning and evening. Never have to sit with ill people in a cafe any more. Not been ill since 'it' started. - maybe people will realise carrying on as normal when you are ill is stupid not heroic.

Definitely grocery shopping delivery and general internet shopping. No more running around stores looking for items, everything you need delivered promptly!

Threw ironing board away ( on the advice of daughter)... and ready meals!! Too many books to read for such nonesense anymore!!

Phone pictures and screen shots are great.

Click and collect saves me from going to the supermarket, where I was always stressed about the possibility of contacting the virus.

For those of you who keep notes of what books you have read have a look at an app called Goodreads. You can enter books you have read with a star rating system, sort by author or date read and, if you use a Kindle, it will also enter books you have bought through Amazon automatically

Internet shopping and Tesco home delivery service. I get lots more time to myself doing the things I like and my dogs love having me at home.

Some great tips here.
We also use a phone or IPad to take pictures of the serial numbers on the back of things like the TV. I shall now use it to take pics of receipts
I used to have an address book, and write book titles, alphabetically.

I think there is an app which allows you to record books you have read. I agree online shopping has been a boon. It’s great to just add things as you think of them.
I have loved discovering all sorts websites selling things and it means I can help small businesses by buying from them rather than from regular high street shops.

Just remembered another. I discovered some zip plastic food bags in Sainsbury the other week and I have found them endlessly useful and not just for food. They can be wiped and re used. No more yogurt spillage in my lunch bags for work. Made by bacofoil, I think.

My Roomba, it swizzels round the floors while I do some cleaning!!

Buying myself a much larger kitchen bin. Was constantly taking the rubbish out!

When I need to submit gas and electricity meter readings, I use my phone to take a photo of them. The gas meter is low down at the back of a kitchen cupboard, and to see the numbers necessitates much strain on my part - putting the phone down there is a much easier operation!

Internet shopping. And phone pics.

Bulk buying takeaway containers from Amazon 3 sizes so when I batch cook things stack better in freezer, never run out, also large address labels pound shop and pack of markers. Red meat,green veg, blue fish, black of odds

Phone camera - when I see something I think a family member might like for a present but need to check they’d like it, or haven’t already got it.
More especially, capturing pictures of faults on IT equipment to show to the technician. The location of the computer station and the trail of indecipherable text which means so much to him and so little to me, means I get problems sorted much quicker than having to screenshot and send from each computer.

I do my ironing as soon as the washing is off the line. It’s so much easier than leaving it in the basket until the creases are hard to press out.

Some great suggestions mentioned.

Like Dee1012, I also make notes of which books I've read. I type them on the 'notes' app on my ipad. That way it makes it easier to sort into the name of the author, and easier to check.

I bought a Truecall Call Blocker which has been my best purchase in recent years. We were being plagued by nuisance calls, as many as 10 a day. The inconvenience of answering these calls became so stressful and time consuming. The call blocker has transformed our lives.

Putting Hoover away as soon as I've finished using it. Puppy has now chewed plug off 3 times when it's left out lolol

I duct taped some tongs to the end of two yardsticks so that I could change the light bulb in my ceiling fan without needing to climb a ladder. Since falling from a ladder in my garage and breaking ribs 20+ years ago, ladders have made me uneasy so I've always had someone spot me if I climbed one. With the quarantine, however, I've been all by my lonesome.

SallyWallyl, What a great idea, I’m always losing receipts, even though I have a tin marked “RECEIPTS”.