Words To Live By

I found this post on Cool Tools, a great useful gadget blog. It is a recommendation for the book "Moving Heavy Things". The precept quoted below strikes me as THE guide line for moving house, as I just did, or packing for a trip. Definitely an argument for roller over duffel bags.

Precept Five: Applied Sloth
As stated in the stagehand's axiom: "Never lift what you can drag, never drag what you can roll, never roll what you can leave." Creativity germinates in indolence, and the cleverest people are often the laziest: they are always looking for an easier way. The easiest way is often the simplest, most direct, and the best way.

Cool Tool: Moving Heavy Things