If you are like everyone else in Louisiana, you are probably trying to juggle the cost of living with working to pay your bills and tending to the needs of your family. If you are looking for shortcuts to help make life a little bit easier then you will be very pleased with these suggestions.

That Practical Mom on YouTube always has tons of great hacks for your home, kids, neighborhood, and beyond. Kallie Branciforte offers easy-to-understand instructions on ways to simplify your life.

If you are constantly trying to memorialize your life by taking pictures you are not alone as most people are actively photographing their lives to document all the things that take place so they can look back on it later.

Did you know you can have your phone automatically take a picture just by using a word or phrase? Here is the video, make sure you advance to 5:50 so you don't have to watch the whole video:

As everyone is constantly working to make sure they can stretch each dollar they make as far as possible, many people in Acadiana will venture to the Dollar Tree.

The store is full of items that are $1.25, and now that they have joined forces with Family Dollar, you do have to watch as some items do cost more.

That Practical Mom ventures into the Dollar Tree to talk about 73 things she always buys at the store:

Kallie also ventures into the realm of helping us stay organized in our homes. No one has time to deal with the clothes for the entire family, but we have no choice. She gives some great advice.
When it comes to dealing with laundry, she offers some great advice that can help you reorganize when and how you do laundry.
And, in other ideas, she is a proponent of labeling items and storing them where you use them. This might be counterintuitive to what we were all taught growing up, but you will find this helps to streamline the things you have to accomplish each day. Having tried this method from Kallie, I know it works! This is a great video:

Here is another great video for hacks to make life easier:

Cleaning! Can there be an easier way to do chores that you don't really want to do anyway? The advice is to do a little bit at a time each day so that it doesn't build up.
One big piece of advice is to make sure you use products or cleaning instruments that are comfortable for you.
Have you ever thought about doing laundry by person? Check out these cleaning tips for around your home:

And finally, most of us want to be able to afford to eat out each night, but that is not practical. Finding ways to get into the kitchen, make a meal, and get out without spending hours in the kitchen. Here are some 7 shortcuts for the kitchen:

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