5 Things Everyone Should Know
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The ultimate DIY: 5 things everyone should know how to do. See step-by-step tutorials on the five most important personal care tasks you can tackle yourself.

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I should say, 5 simple and easy things everyone should know how to do.
The ultimate DIY.
There was a time, way back in the day, when people were taught in school everyday skills. Classes like home economics, personal finance, home repair, and car repair were all required for high school graduation.
In those classes, students learned personal development skills like conversation techniques, etiquette, manners, meal planning, nutrition, parenting skills, etc. They weren’t more important than academic courses—but differently, perhaps just as? Today’s version of personal finance is called “Financial Algebra.” Truly.
Today, while we are certainly producing a generation brilliant in many ways, we’re missing some basic skills everyone used to know. We then must pay someone else to do simple things.
Why?
Our challenge? Let’s master these:
5 Simple Things Everyone Should Know How to Do
Experts say everyone should know how to do these 5 simple things.
1. Sew a Button
Did you know there’s a right and a wrong way to sew a button? With a simple sewing kit and a few easy instructions — you can do this! And you won’t have to pay the dry cleaners to do it.

2. Iron a Shirt
Follow these easy steps to get a freshly ironed dress shirt that looks like it came straight from the dry cleaners in about 3 minutes.
3. Mend a Seam
Step by step guide to mending a seam, tools needed and techniques to use.

4. Hang Clothes on a Line
Do you love the outdoor crispness and fresh smell of clothes hung on a line to dry? Are you traveling and need to wash small items before coming home? Did you know there is a technique to prevent your clothes from wrinkling? Confession — I didn’t know this. Here is a great tutorial.

5. Polish Shoes
Did you know that your shoes tell a story about you? Shoes are a first impression, a sign of your career trajectory and personality. Proper care says a lot about who you are and where you’re going.
These days, when pretty much everyone, regardless of class or creed, wears dirty trainers, it can be harder to interpret the language of footwear. But in the political classes, at least, shoes can still point the way to a man’s moral character. — Jemima Lewis, The Telegraph —
And now you know!
That’s it—five simple, small things to master that can make a significant difference in your life, your lifestyle, and how you present yourself to the world.