It was an ordinary day. Pretty much the same as usual. Assignment submissions, quizzes, case study preparations amidst longing for a break but something was irking me. Not specific on that day but it happens pretty often. These are small things that nudge me from inside. They are not something pretty serious to discuss with my friends. They are very simple yet will nag me in the most inappropriate time.
My shoe lace was one among them. Came as part of the pack and has been part of my life from Chennai. It’s the gentle reminder to the crazy shopping I did with few of my friends. One led to other and I ended up buying it for the reason that a friend of mine told it looks nice on me. This is how we buy things most of the time. (again consumer behaviour pops into my thinking process) But the shoe lace has been my nemesis from day one. The reason is its length. The knot never holds its entire length as it always extends on one or the other side. It’s like this weird tentacle I have got on my foot. It disturbs, irritates, makes me trip and gives a chance for most of the people to point at me. “Tie your shoelace properly”, the very statement I come across twice a day.
It’s frustrating sometimes when it’s pointed out by people twice or thrice in an hour. It was one such day and I took this decision to solve it. It took me few minutes and all I did was cutting it by few inches. The problem was solved and I feel good about it whenever I use the shoe these days. It’s like I have got free from something which was part of me and kept on nagging me. It’s a small issue of course but I had carried it along with me for almost one year.
The reason why I am writing this example is most of us do this mistake every day. We know these small issues which are part of our life. We know that it can have an easy solution. May be it’s your shoe lace, shirt button, watch strap, car key chain, spectacles, wallet, belt, car, bike, bathroom tap or something else. We often chose to live with it and burden ourselves in our life. But it’s these small problems that make a lot of difference in our life.
It’s this nudge or irritation is what we should get rid of. It can change our life as these small decisions will help us in getting rid of many big issues of our life. End of the day, life is pretty simple and most of the problems of too. It’s these small decisions every day that will set us apart from others. These small decisions will help us in taking bigger decisions as we feel confident enough as we solve these petty issues.
So, Let us start on something which is pretty simple and make our life better every day.
