In life, you’ll never run out of problems. From broken doors to escaping dogs, the challenges you face every day seem to be endless.

However, instead of feeling bad about them, consider those challenges as opportunities to test your creativity and ability to innovate. They offer a chance for you to come up with clever solutions that will showcase not just your intelligence but patience as well.

To motivate you to innovate, here are 40 weird solutions to odd problems.