Sometimes effective solutions have no logical explanation.
I read last week that placing a few coins in a zip lock bag, half-filling it with water and hanging it above a door or on a balcony will completely get rid of flies from the area.
I was curious, so I tried it on my balcony at home, and guess what, I haven’t seen a fly since.
I’ve watched in amazement this past week as the flies that usually hang out all day on my balcony have completely disappeared, like magic.
I still have no idea why it works the way it does. But believe me, it works.
I found what I think is the most effective (and cheapest) solution to the problem, and isn’t that the point?
I could have spent money on different bug repellents, fly traps or other solutions, or kept on living with the fly problem. But the 30c coin, bag and water option got me to the result I wanted.
Often we can get hung up on the idea that effective solutions need to be costly, or will take a long time to deliver, or that it won’t happen at all so we should just live with it.
But, if we dig a little deeper, research the alternatives, and are willing to try something new, the answers could be within our reach and much closer (and easier) than we previously thought they were.
Truly effective solutions solve the problem absolutely while using as little of those resources (our time, our finances and our energy) as possible. And finding effective solutions is a very valuable skill to develop.
Each problem we face in life doesn’t need to be fixed by an expensive or complex band-aid every time.
More often than not the real need is for focus, a little creativity, and persistence.
