5 high-tech life hacks for the jobs you hate to do

From filing your taxes to finally framing that piece of art you bought six years ago, there's an easy online tool to help you tackle just about any annoying task

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Filing taxes, writing a will, filing for divorce. These things are awful. Every day, they lurk at the bottom of your to-do list, terrorizing you and making other bottom-of-the-to-do list tasks seem downright exciting. Even cleaning the toilet is easier. That, at least, you know how to do.

Thankfully, we live in an age in which there's a very good chance someone has invented a technology to make what we hate easier to handle. (Even, unsurprisingly, cleaning the toilet.) You don't have to look for a lawyer or accountant. No need to wake up in the night fearing the IRS or a Dickensian future for your offspring. There are tools for this. You can get everything rolling without leaving the house. Here's how:

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Christina Wood

Christina Wood has been a working writer for over a decade. She has covered technology, education, parenting, travel, and many other subjects for Family Circle, Better Homes and Gardens, Popular Science, CIO, This Old House Magazine Yahoo!, PC World, PC Magazine, USA Weekend, and many properties that are no longer in print. Her novel, Vice Report, is available on Amazon.