Yesterday afternoon, I had some time to make pass by as I was waiting for my sister in law to finish her work in order to bring her at home. In fact, she doesn't have a personal car yet and with the pandemic we are living currently and all the risks out there, I try to relieve her from taking public transportation too often. Anyway, I was sitting on my car waiting for her call, browsing aimlessly on Youtube as I always do, and that is where I stumbled across the video "how to shine you shoes properly and make them look like they are brand new..." (something like that). Well, I found that stange, mainly because for me doing so wasn't a big deal at all! That is why when I saw that the video was five minutes length, it sparked even more my curiousity, so I clicked on it obviously.

From the very beginning, I was stunned to see that it wasn't a simple tutorial like you could find a bunch on Youtube, where the person would basically sit in front of the lens and show you in detail how to do whatever he is expert at. The kind of boring video that we all now for sure. Instead, it was like a short movie where you could see a man who are runing out of time early in the morning (he had had a problem with his alarm aparently) and start to get ready precipitatly. And then, when he was about to make it, he found out that her shoes were messy, so he had to clean them!

Then, the real tutorial started, with him in front of the camera, explaining the steps to follow and the equipment to have in order to shine your shoes, while keeping a pinch of humour which was remarcable. He started by saying a thing that stuck with me! Indeed, while trying to explain why it was so important to have clean shoes and take your time to prepare them, he said that they were the first item people watch when they meet you for the first time and from that, they kind of make their opinion about you! Just like the WC of a restaurant, it gives you a glimps about the services and the quality you would get there (I am paraphrasing him). I found it so true and for me it made sense 100%! At that specific moment, he definitely won my whole attention.

I was super focus, noticing all the items required to do the operation properly and by the way, he was giving useful advices and address where to get the best quality of this or that article. After that, he moved to the actual shining operation, breaking down all the details and important steps. It seemed so simple and I don't know how, but I felt instantly a need or let’s say a will to try this out by myself as soon as possible. I know it is weird, but I was waiting in my car, knowing that I will not be at home before at least an hour and a half, and I was eager to shine the shoes I was wearing at that time (which was super dirty I have to admit 😅).

To make it short, I reached home two hours later as my sister in law has been delayed and the traffic as well was terrible! I was delighted to find out that my father had almost all the stuff required because he is such a gentelman of course. Eventually, I start imediatly to work on my shoes and for a first attempt, I am pretty satisfied and proud of the final result. More importantly, I am happy to have add this great habit to my life. I feel like it would add so much value to my daily life. Indeed, it is paramount to take care of yourself, to send a good image, and it is actually a favour you are doing first to yourself before thinking about the others.

Thaks for reading 🙂

The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osqEeJ1DBqU