Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing shoes

A shoelace tightening system, comprising:

• a tightener, the tightener inset in a body of a shoe;
• a hinge, the hinge coupled to the tightener;
• an appendage, the appendage coupled to the tightener via the hinge, the appendage constructed to move in and out of the body of the shoe such that the appendage is inset in the body of the shoe, secured into place, and does not protrude from the body of the shoe when a user is not loosening or tightening a pair of shoelaces, wherein the appendage can protrude from the shoe when the appendage is not secured into place so that the user can use the appendage to:
• engage the tightener which engages with each of the pair of shoelaces;
• and
• responsive to an action of the user, cause each of the pair of shoelaces to be loosened and tightened.