Why Do I Do That?

Every Saturday begins with me believing I can get so much done and ends with me wondering why I didn’t get all those things done. It’s called planning fallacy. In 1979, I was a busy one-year old when Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky put a name to underestimating how long it takes to complete something. Although I’m aware that I underestimate how long things will take me (including this blogpost), I keep doing it every single Saturday.

So why do I do that!?!

For one thing, Wayfair.com, where an amazing deal might be a click away! I also love clearing out my email inbox, among other ridiculous and unnecessary tasks. But most of all, there is something about the liberty of moving from one thing to the next at a leisurely pace. You don’t need to know my husband well to know he manages to overcome the planning fallacy. He is efficient and determined and lets nothing get in his way, such as Wayfair.com.

I, on the other hand, slow down on Saturdays. Read a chapter of a book, take an extra walk with the dog, notice the leaves peeling off the trees, enjoy an episode of Schitt’s Creek while cleaning the kitchen, dream of a different color on the wall, bother my kids with questions.

And at the end of the day when few of my plans actually happened, wonder where the time went.