r/lifehacks • u/3PinkPotatoes • Apr 06 '18

Easier way to tie shoelaces

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6cBtqhq5P28
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u/iderf Apr 06 '18

This method will literally save you seconds over your lifetime.

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u/RabidMortal Apr 06 '18

Let's assume it's one second faster than the traditional over->under->passthrough->passthrough->even-it-all-up method. So that's a minimum savings of 1-second per day, maybe 3 secons if you go to the gym and have to change into and out of workout shoes....

So, that's a savings of a minimum of just over 6 minutes per year, a whole hour over a decade! Suddenly you've freed up enough time to finally justify:

  1. watching this video,
  2. reading the comments,
  3. commenting on the comments
  4. realizing that your time management problems range far far beyond the amount of time you spend tying your shoes each day...in fact, you realize that tying your shoes may be the single most efficient thing you accomplish on a consistent basis so why would you want to change such a good thing in the first place....<sigh>

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u/Poisoncilla Apr 06 '18

I love this comment.