--- title: 15 Ways to Use Binder Clips: Life Hack Video description: Get ready to hack your entire life canonical: https://time.com/4199856/binder-clips-life-hack-video/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-29T17:02:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:27.598Z og:title: This Video Shows You 15 Genius Ways to Use Binder Clips og:description: Get ready to hack your entire life og:url: https://time.com/4199856/binder-clips-life-hack-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Video Shows You 15 Genius Ways to Use Binder Clips twitter:description: Get ready to hack your entire life twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Video Shows You 15 Genius Ways to Use Binder Clips by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 29, 2016 5:02 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 29, 2016 5:02 PM UTC You probably have a couple binder clips laying in the bottom of a drawer somewhere. You should probably go find them right now. This video, from the Japanese lifehack YouTube channel [Venlee](https://www.youtube.com/user/benriwaza/about), demonstrates 15 creative ways to use those clips to organize cables, store snacks, knit and more. It’s a mesmerizing four minutes that will leave you feeling like you _can_ be in control of your life. You _can_ have it all. All you need is a handful of binder clips. Some of this YouTube channel’s other lifehack videos include how to [fold a T-shirt in two seconds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnAs-V3QxGE) and how to make the [perfect poached egg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LlcYT8KrfM). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4199856/binder-clips-life-hack-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4199856/binder-clips-life-hack-video/"},"headline":"This Video Shows You 15 Genius Ways to Use Binder Clips","datePublished":"2016-01-29T17:02:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:27.598Z","description":"Get ready to hack your entire life","url":"https://time.com/4199856/binder-clips-life-hack-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4199856/binder-clips-life-hack-video/","name":"This Video Shows You 15 Genius Ways to Use Binder Clips"}}]}] ```