Comments on: Tiny, Subtle Changes and Your Personal Tipping Point

By: Reid

Reid — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:37:04 +0000

Threw my key in some sort of clutter is all i remember and… said to myself… don’t leave your keys there…. Even missed work… am lost as for the location my keys. If anyone has experience a similar situation and has some wisdom impart, it would be greatly appreciated. FOR SHORT: Where is the dumbest place you ever lost your cars keys?… …. …

ps. i already checked the fridge and freezer

By: mark

mark — Fri, 26 May 2006 21:54:17 +0000

So it has been several months. Have you reverted or are you still hanging those keys?

Back when I first got an apartment, I made the decision to put all my dirty clothes into a hamper. Now I just do it. It saves picking them from the floor and gives an indication when it is time for laundry.

By: Natalie Ball

Natalie Ball — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:32:27 +0000

I too, used to have to search for missing keys many years ago. Then I got in the habit of putting them in a specific zippered pocket of my purse as soon as I took them out of the ignition.

I try to have a home for every item and return it there when it’s not being used. My problem comes when others in the household don’t do the same

By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:53:04 +0000

Hi Patrick and welcome

It sounds like you have been experiencing some of the “unintended consequences” I too have been enjoying over the past few weeks. Even though the act of hanging up keys is simple and only takes a second, I’ve found a ‘side effect’ where now it’s much easier to hang my coat in the closet instead of just hanging it on a chair back.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:39:23 +0000

Brad,
Great blog- I just found it through your link on Digg.
I have a similar story: in college, I used to hang my clothes over my chair when I changed. One day, I started being disciplined about putting them away immediately. It was a pain for the first couple weeks, but now it is second nature.
The thing that surprised me about it is that since I started, my room has stayed consistently clean, along with my office, car, etc…

By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 23:28:44 +0000

haha…very funny, but I’d probably lose the romote thingie.

By: mike moore

mike moore — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 23:03:49 +0000

Your techno-saviour —http://www.keyringer.com/gg1.html

By: B. Riley

B. Riley — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 01:03:08 +0000

Thanks for the link Jamie.

I’d love to read that section of Freakonomics. I just want to see how they can support the argument that gun control can lower crime. I’ve never, ever seen any evidence that didn’t suggest the opposite.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:07:25 +0000

Bit off topic, but here’s a spin on that Zero tolerance thing. The ‘Freakonomics’ book that was published last year has a different explanation for the drop in the crime rate.

This article touches on it:
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/crime_stories/105097

By: B. Riley

B. Riley — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:46:53 +0000

I think about that every single day since reading that book. The “broken window theory” that he references in that New York story is fascinating to me.

By the way, if Jack Bauer lost his keys, he’d just torture himself until he gave up the location.