It wasn't until I had to teach knots to Cub Scouts that I realized my life was a lie, at least when it came to tying shoes. I was the object of ridicule for 50 years but now I walk with confidence, and always-tied shoes.

Yep. I did this for about 30 years before I learned the correct way (from that site, no less).

Worthy of the best TED talk ever: https://youtu.be/zAFcV7zuUDA

I’m a full fledged adult but I also appreciate efficiency so I recently invested in these things and so far so awesome:

Orange Elastic No Tie Shoe Laces... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PK2N1PD?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_shar...

I came here to post this one. For about 25 years of my life I was tying my knots the wrong way and I just thought shoelaces just had to be re-tied periodically. I don't remember where I learnt to just tie the loop the other way. Now strain on the laces just serves to tighten the knot.

I was also about to post that, and note that my wife who is japanese told me that in japan the correct way to tie shoelaces was taught at school, and she laughed for about a week when I told her that at 40 I didn't know that.

Learning the Ian knot was life changing for me -- not only did it automatically correct the bow being in the correct orientation, but it doesn't take an inconvenient amount of time to tie my shoes anymore. Esp. when walking with a group, if a lace comes untied I can fix it without losing more than a couple paces.

Yes and then spend a lifetime with annoying workarounds. A friend has been double knotting forever :(

Regardless of the knot itself, a heel lock also helps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBbc6TackDQ

This was so confusing to me. Don’t American kids learn how to tie their shoes properly? Here in Germany, I was taught that in kindergarten.

this was my answer as well