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I looked at a few different methods and I won't waste your time with the ones that don't work but believe me there are a lot.

The one that I gravitated towards was one that my grandmother actually used a long time ago and I hadn't realized it until I was talking to my mother and she reminded me of this. It's a similar method that she used to keep shallots fresher longer with a minor tweak but they begin the same way…with a simple paper bag.

1. It all starts with a brown paper bag. You know the kind, the ones you normally get at the local farmers market. All you do is simply place an unripe avocado in a brown paper bag with an apple or banana.
2. Close or fold up the bag so that no air can get out, and check on your avocado for one to three days until it's ripe and ready. Even better, place the bag in sunlight. This method works faster than simply leaving your avocado on the counter because the other fruits also emit ethylene gas, and when they're all inside the sealed paper bag, the gas is trapped inside and works double-time on the avocado.
3. Never refrigerate your avocado until it's already ripe and you want to delay it from ripening further. Squeeze some lemon or lime juice on any exposed parts of the flesh to prevent browning, and wrap in plastic wrap or in a sealed container. Eat it within a couple days.

So there you have it. The life hack for all of you avocado lovers. While it seems like it takes awhile for this process (2-3 days) it is actually cutting the ripening time in HALF as normally it will take about 6 days for the average avocado to ripen.

Have you tried this method before? If so any tips or tricks that you have that would help? Let us know in the comments below and share this info with your friends!

Source: Chowhound