As I was cleaning my room tonight (a very rare occasion), I was trying to organize all of the stuff that didn’t need to be washed or thrown away. I came to my jackets, and I needed a place to put them. My first thought was “just hang them in the closet”, but I don’t want to open my closet door, re-hang my jacket, and close the closet door every time I come in and out of the house. So I knew right away what I needed, a coat rack.
Yes, my walls are a very feminine color. I am out of this rent house in five months. I and you can deal with it.
From what I have learned about myself the last twenty-two years, if I don’t get a coat rack right away my jackets will continue to be left on the floor. So, like any good wanna be entrepreneur, I improvised. If I can’t make a coat rack out of my immediately available materials, what good am I? After searching around the heavily cluttered room for a while, I found a roll of duct tape, two flimsy metal hangers, and a heavy duty plastic hanger. After using most of the tape and destroying a few hangers, I feel like I have a fairly decent coat rack. We shall see how long it holds up.
On another note, this sort of thing just reminds of the need I have for creating things, things that are useful. It is challenging. It is practical. It isn’t a waste of time (I saved at least five bucks). I have been working for quite a while now (my entire college career, which is coming to a close very soon) on brainstorming and implementing ideas that help people do things easier. Even though I only have several mock-ups of failed ideas, a few implementations of concepts I didn’t even want to use, and an idea that actually is helping some teachers out at the good ole Whitehouse High School, I truly believe I will find an idea that I will design and implement (Create!) that people will enjoy using because it enables and empowers them to do something special.
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