What is your time worth? Convenience stores may save you money by charging a premium. I like to shortcut the long drive-thru lines for fast food by walking inside to order, face to face. Regardless, it’s good to get out and meet people.
Light the World Giving Machines at Times Square and other locations make it easy to do good worldwide at Christmas time. Salvation Army bell ringers at store fronts provide a shortcut to help a good cause. Say hello and thank them. To easily help thru United Way, visit subforsanta dot org
Since the 1980s, I’ve used computer shortcuts. Efficiency motivated by laziness? For example:
“When you copy and paste on a PC, the data is stored in … a temporary storage area called the ‘clipboard’ which is part of the operating system; meaning the data is held in the computer's active memory until you paste it somewhere.” — AI Overview (Actually, until you copy again.)
[Apple iPhone] “iOS Clipboard is an internal function stored in a virtual memory that stores one item at a time.” (Learn more at Reddit.)
My experience: shortcuts to wealth generally do not work well. Time and effort are required.
Numerous programs on the market promise shortcuts for learning foreign languages.
“Duolingo, Inc. is an American educational technology company that produces learning apps and provides language certification. Duolingo offers courses on 43 languages ...” — Wikipedia
That may be what I need to get up to speed with Spanish — a New Year’s resolution?
