It turns out I tie my shoes wrong.
You would think that somebody who, was an Eagle Scout, and is currently working with Scouts would know the basic knots. That’s what I thought anyway.
Then I saw this
The first thing that hit me was “Hey, I have a pair of running shoes with round nylon laces that will not stay tied!” So, I tried the ‘proper’ way to tie the knot for the past two weeks. I can tell you the strong form of the basic shoelace knot is MUCH better than the one I was using before.
I had read about, and sometimes used a technique where you tie the double-knot inverted. That works really well, probably better than the inverted basic bow demonstrated in the video. The downside to that is that the second knot works against the first to tighten each other and the end result can be very hard to untie. For that reason I almost never use the inverted double knot, and now… I don’t have any reason to!
Even after a week I have to stop and think about it every time I tie my shoes, but it is starting to come naturally, so maybe in a few weeks I won’t even know I am doing it!
-Jordan
Nelsons 
You just blew my mind. My entire universe, not to mention my relationship with my shoes, was just shattered.
Not only that, the ocd, aesthetically oriented part of my brain is unspeakably relieved that there is a way to get the bow to line up the right friggin’ direction. It is too sad to admit how much that has bothered me over the years.
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