I learned a new term yesterday from my kiddos: "Life-hack"
When I asked what it meant, they showed me some cool you-tube vids that illustrated how to use household items in ways that may not have been the original intention. I also "googled it" too and found a lot of great and fun sites about "life-hacks" already out there. Check out 1000lifehacks.com. It's not a new idea, just a new term to describe it. In fact, I think Pinterest is the #1 place to go for re-purposing almost everything in the world!
Now I'm feeling a little old and "out of it". I used to be so hip and "with it", I thought, but there are clearly two or three generations younger than this Gen-Xer which means there is almost an entirely new language of slang words. I really don't mind this at all, it just takes some getting used to. I'm very proud of growing up in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. In fact, it was probably a Gen-Xer who created the term "life-hack" (insert giggle here).
I read a book this summer along with The Boy which was required for him to read for school. I just wanted to be able to discuss it with him while he read it. There were so many new terms in the book that I didn't know. One that I thought was quite humorous was how the author referred to parents as "Rents" - the people who pay your rent. I sometimes use this term with The Boy and he almost always rolls his eyes at me.
I truly love learning new things and so was excited to see how much my children enjoyed teaching me about "life-hacks". I don't feel so out of touch now. But I probably need to try to keep my knowledge of this hip new terminology on the DL so that I don't embarrass my children in front of their friends. I would hate to do that. =)
I am now obsessed with finding new "life-hacks" that I've never heard of! Is that a good thing or a bad thing....only time will tell!
Cheers!
