What I learnt from shoelaces?

For years, I have struggled with shoelaces opening up in middle of a run. I have to step aside and tie the shoelace, only for it to come undone again in a few kilometres. For someone like me who loves running, I have lost a lot of precious time to tying the shoelace a few times during every run. The problem is compounded as I now see my daughters do the same thing. In all honestly I admit that I correct them that they are not tying the shoelaces right. Never once did I think that I could be doing the same thing. I could be tying it wrong. Nor has anyone corrected me over so many years or guided me to how this could have been done better.

Only recently, I overhead someone commenting that there is a particular way to tying the shoe lace which can prevent this from happening. I finally managed to get to our dear friend google for the answer. Lo and behold, I found lots of valuable insights. Indeed, I have been tying my shoelaces wrong the whole time. There is a very subtle difference in how you tie it so that it does not come undone during long runs or walks. The best resource is however a wonderful 3 minute TED talk by Terry Moore, which I encourage you to listen. These three minutes can end up saving quite a few valuable minutes of your life and also for your next of kin.

Importantly I also realise that there must be many other habits that we have all picked up over a period of time, which we continue to do the incorrect way. What could they be !!!