Saying you’lltryto do something is much different from saying youwilldo it. It’s important to remember this when making goals. It’s easy to say, “I’mtryingto save more money,” for example. A more active statement allows you more control to reach your goal. Jackie Beck of The Debt Myth points out that some statements come with built-in excuses. Beck writes: They’re actually you making excuses before you even start. They’re you refusing to commit even to yourself to reaching a concrete goal....

We’ve covered how you might use atennis ball during an airline flight to relieve sore muscles. That’s just the beginning. How to do it: Place a ball behind your shoulder blade while lying on the floor. Experiment with moving your shoulder in every possible direction for 3 minutes on each side. Your arm will look like seaweed floating in the water. The balls won’t replace a professional massage and won’t work for serious pain....

Twitter now allows you tosearch all public tweets, all the way back to your first tweet. Now’s the time to delete anything you regret. Entrepreneur explains how it’s possible for you to use Twitter’s archive function to download your tweets. The archive file is CSV formatted, so you could open it in any spreadsheet program. Once in there, you’re able to search for keywords you might like to expunge. Then punch the link and delete the tweet in question....

eAngel uses a real person to correct your spelling and grammar to avoid embarrassing translation mistakes. They’ll convert English, Spanish, French, German and Hebrew. After about an hour, they’ll send a corrected email on your behalf. Even though they promise complete privacy and security, I probably wouldn’t use this for sensitive email. Things like travel reservations or quick correspondence, though, would work well. It’s cheaper than a translator but more reliable than an automated option....

Mac OS X Yosemite adds abunch of new featuresto your Mac. The upgrade also added some annoyances, like lousy Bluetooth audio. That’s by design, but you’ve got the option to fix it. The standard setting prevents conflict with other Bluetooth devices. The number 40 is the sound quality setting. Check out the other commands to fix some ofYosemite’s annoyancesbelow. Commands to Make Yosemite Suck Less| Avery Z Chipka Photo byKarl Baron....

No matter how hard we try, weforget people’s names. Instead of practicing on real people, try remembering TV character names. Give it a try! This tip works for TVs and movies at home. When a character appears on-screen, pause the video and commit their name to memory before moving on. LPT: Practice name-remembrance mnemonics while watching television to make it an unconscious habit| Reddit Photo byMartin Howard.

Thrillist notes that bubbles down the sides of your pint is a sign your glass is not clean. You will never enjoy draft beer again. This advice comes from a beer garden owner as well as someone from the Cicerone Certification Program. We just want clean glasses. For more ways to tell the quality beer bars from the dives, check out the link below. 8 Simple Ways to Tell If a Beer Bar Is Serious| Thrillist...

Then, find a learning site that suits your child’s needs and can keep them busy. In addition, it also gives your child a fun and fruitful learning experience. 25 Amazing Productivity Tips from Successful Mompreneurs| Lifehack Photo byMary-Frances Main.

This post originally appeared onGOBankingRates. As inflation rises, purchase power falls every dollar buys a smaller percentage of that good or service. Interest Rate Cuts When the federal funds target rate is reduced, interest rates get cut. The Fed rate is important because many other rates follow this rate closely. Low rates are great for consumers in the market for a new house or car they encourage borrowing. If rates are too low, they can cause excessive growth, which can lead to inflation....

Create a system to regularly remind you of lessons you’ve already learned. Here are three simple ways it’s possible for you to do that. You could also organize your book’s contents and your notes withan idea index. If it’s a conversation, interview, or speech, take notes on the important points. There’s some stuff that’s better left unwritten out of respect for privacy. Digitize these notes so you’re free to easily search through them in the future....

Hydralist is a site that puts everything that’s on sale into one massive grid. Hydralist pulls data from the Steam sale, then displays it all in a nice visual grid. press a title and you’ll get a little more info a link to the Steam page. you’re free to then browse by sale percentage, genre, or curator.

For Salmela’s method, you’ll need a Mac. Once that’s set up, select “Wi-Fi Options” andcopy and paste the Santa emoji in there. Head over to Salmela’s site for the full guide. Put Santa’s face in your Wi-Fi connection name| Jacob Salmela

Firefox may not be as popular as it once was, but we still love it here at Lifehacker. Here were the most popular Firefox extensions and guides we featured in 2014. Here are the essential Firefox extensions you gotta bend the web to your will. Alone, those services are powerfulbut with a few choice add-ons, they’re unstoppable. Here are ten services you could power up with extensions, scripts, and other apps....