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15 Surprisingly Useful Life Hacks For People Who Are Broke As F*ck

7. This handy replacement for your car’s side mirror

Image via Grylliade
Image via Grylliade

Upside: when you inevitably get side-swiped a second time, at least you won’t have spent your last penny on car repair. The downside is, you probably will have spent it trying to buy back your dignity.

 

8. Turn cardboard boxes into a dresser

Image via Ebaum's World
Image via Ebaum’s World

Note the giant stack of Xbox games… priorities! But hey, as long as you’re not living in a cardboard box, your life choices could be worse.

 

9. Who needs an oven when you have an iron?

Image via Solo Traveler Blog
Image via Solo Traveler Blog

Let’s be honest. If you’re this broke, you don’t have any clothes worth ironing anyway.

Written by Mary McCaw

Mary is a freelance writer and editor. She's based in San Francisco, but lately, home is wherever her suitcase is. If you really are what you eat, she is at least 50% pizza.