Full Pockets

I’m about to go on my first business trip as an employee. Doing my usual “what do I have on me?” check before I leave, I realized: I now carry even more stuff in my pockets than usual. There are my phone, my keys, and my wallet. But now there’s also my work phone and my Airpods. It makes me feel a bit…bulky. So I guess some things will have to go into my backpack.

It’s funny. Even the small items we carry around our waist, or perhaps in our handbag, require balance. You’ll rarely venture out empty-handed, but you also don’t want to leave so loaded up, you’ve got no space to pick up any quarter you might serendipitously discover.

Gravity applies to all of us, but there’s a reason weight is something we can feel: When we shoulder too much of it, we’re meant to take some of it off. Don’t leave the house with full pockets.

Nik

Niklas Göke writes for dreamers, doers, and unbroken optimists. A self-taught writer with more than a decade of experience, Nik has published over 2,000 articles. His work has attracted tens of millions of readers and been featured in places like Business Insider, CNBC, Lifehacker, and many others. Nik has self-published 2 books thus far, most recently 2-Minute Pep Talks. Outside of his day job and daily blog, Nik loves reading, video games, and pizza, which he eats plenty a slice of in Munich, Germany, where he resides.