Staying on my mission to lower stress, I’ve decided one of the biggest contributors is entropy.
The Oxford dictionary describes it as “A lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.
Sound familiar?
I don’t know about you, but when I’m missing my car keys, wallet, stud finder, etc., after about five minutes of searching I start to panic. Once the missing keys app starts spinning in my brain, it wears my battery down faster than Google Maps. Then I just want to take a nap with my Bull Terrier, but that doesn’t help combat entropy. Notice the doggo is not the least bit concerned with this - that’s success.
Those smug de-cluttering types will always tell you to make one spot for those things, and while this is awesome in theory, day to day disorder often stops you from carrying out your mission. Ditto for putting Apple tags on everything. That reminds me of when Homer Simpson buys a label maker and puts his name on everything. That’s just too geeky for me, but I won’t look down on you if that system works.
Don’t forget to replace them when their batteries go dead. Hmmm. One more thing to maintain and upgrade. Net gain or not?
If you can, do the world a solid, and stave off a little global entropy when you can. Put the grocery cart back if you still shop in person. If you knock some tools off the wall when looking for a new stud finder at Home Depot, pick em back up. Clear your table at Chipotle, even though you don’t have to. It all adds up.
Doing my bit to stave off entropy today, I managed to find a spare garage door remote, yet another missing stud finder – bringing my total to five, and just to spit in the face of gradual decline, I replaced the batteries in all of the car key FOBs.
I wish you similar good fortune.
