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Pick Pockets: What’s stealing your attention?
And what to do about it.
Pockets.
So many pockets. That’s what fall does. It brings out the coats, the cardigans, the kangaroo-pouch hoodies. Dress in layers, and you’ve got…
So. Many. More. Pockets.
My keys! Where in the forest of all my autumnal-clothing pockets are my keys? They could be in any of the 12+ pockets hanging off my body. I give myself a full pat-down.
The keys are in my left pant pocket. My phone somehow made it to my jacket’s inside-pocket, along with a bunch of folded-up papers. I’m wearing a sweater vest with zipper-pockets , too — I find my wallet and (for some reason) 2 pens and a highlighter in there.
Like I said. Too many pockets. Too much stuff.
But they’re there, available to me. So heck, might as well use them. Right?
Beware of Pocket’s Law
Parkinson’s Law states: Given more time to get something done, we will fill it. (See: “Why something that should take 10 mins takes 5 hrs if you have 5 hrs.”)
Similarly… Given more pockets, we will fill them.
Let’s call this something unique and highly original: Pocket’s Law.
