I lifehacked my way into a bottle of Tempranillo yesterday.
I tried two out of the five or seven ways to get the cork out without a corkscrew, and realized something very, very important:
Synthetic cork and screws don't work. Try screwing something in and pulling it out, and all you'll be able to achieve is pulling the foamy stuff out from the cork.
I was about to give up when I remembered I haven't tried lifehack suggestion number five (or is it six?): stabbing the cork with a knife and twisting it. I didn't think the cork had enough uh, cork in it to knife into, but it did, and as I twisted my dad's utility knife I thought, why didn't I do this sooner?
As I was twisting I feared I might break the utility knife. But it worked, and as I eased out the cork I felt a tingling sense of accomplishment at having done something "practical". I've been having difficulty motivating myself to work, and while adding wine to my apple and cranberry juice sounds like a weird idea, I felt it was different enough to make the day more interesting.
Well, I did have a good siesta after that.
The thing to do now, really, is to work with as much gusto as when I wanted to get that wine. I'm torn between falling into a 'good' daily routine and avoiding it, because I feel I'll get burnt out and stop working altogether. There has to be something different every day, but not enough to be a major distraction.
I do wish there are some lifehacking tips for this dilemma.
I tried two out of the five or seven ways to get the cork out without a corkscrew, and realized something very, very important:
Synthetic cork and screws don't work. Try screwing something in and pulling it out, and all you'll be able to achieve is pulling the foamy stuff out from the cork.
I was about to give up when I remembered I haven't tried lifehack suggestion number five (or is it six?): stabbing the cork with a knife and twisting it. I didn't think the cork had enough uh, cork in it to knife into, but it did, and as I twisted my dad's utility knife I thought, why didn't I do this sooner?
As I was twisting I feared I might break the utility knife. But it worked, and as I eased out the cork I felt a tingling sense of accomplishment at having done something "practical". I've been having difficulty motivating myself to work, and while adding wine to my apple and cranberry juice sounds like a weird idea, I felt it was different enough to make the day more interesting.
Well, I did have a good siesta after that.
The thing to do now, really, is to work with as much gusto as when I wanted to get that wine. I'm torn between falling into a 'good' daily routine and avoiding it, because I feel I'll get burnt out and stop working altogether. There has to be something different every day, but not enough to be a major distraction.
I do wish there are some lifehacking tips for this dilemma.