What is the most clever life hack you've learned?
Walking.
Stop dodging people in crowded areas. I used to have to duck and dodge people in crowds. I hated walking through malls and airports because people would just change course right for me and I’d have to dodge. Groups spread out to occupy the entire width, then keep walking right at me.
So I don’t look at them. I look distracted. I am looking in store windows or off into the distance. I am also striding forward as if I will continue in a straight line till doomsday. So it looks like I’ll run right into them. I am, in fact, still paying attention.
So now people dodge out of MY way.
After watching my sister in law dodging left and right at the airport, I told her about it. The next time we visited, she gave me a big hug and said “It works!”
I don’t like people stopping me to ask for money outside of stores, or getting stopped by survey takers in malls. So I walk with purpose when I pass them. I look like I’m going somewhere and no one is getting in my way. So they no longer ask me anything.
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