Day 3811: Life Hacks and Ikigai.

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Two life hacks ...

Detachable Headrest in Cars

As a kid, did you ever sit in the backseat on family road trips and play with the headrest of the person in the front seat? Anyway, you may have noticed that this headrest can completely come out of the seat. Is this a crazy flaw in car design? 

Nope. On the contrary, it’s meant to be used in an emergency. If you’re trapped in your car, you can pull out the headrest and use the long metal bars to break the window so you can get out. It’s a life hack that could literally save your life someday.

ATM PIN # Reversal - Good to Know

If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your PIN # in reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234, then you would put in 4321.  The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is backward from the ATM card you placed in the machine.

  The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to the location. All ATM’s carry this emergency sequencer by law. 

 

A.Word.A.Day -  ikigai

PRONUNCIATION:

(I-ki-gai)

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MEANING:

noun:
1. A sense of purpose or something that gives a sense of purpose; a reason for living.
2. Something that brings fulfillment or enjoyment.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Japanese ikigai (a reason for being), from iki (life) + -gai (worth). Earliest documented use: 1972. The French equivalent is raison d’être.

USAGE:

“Have you found your ikigai?

English has a whole bunch of words from languages such as Latin, Greek, French, Japanese, Korean, Romani, Swedish, and Hindi.English has cast its net wide. If you speak English you know at least 100 different languages, small parts of them, because words from them have become a part of English.

 

 

 

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