At least when you're standing in the little room, you're limited to a very few options, and you can just do one to get it out of the way.
But really, even this is medicalizing a known human trait. When we walk through a door, our mind does a context change and we shed our previous purpose.
Every time this happens to me, I chuckle, because it seems so ridiculous, and yet it's so true. It's happened even when I'm actively trying to avoid it.
This was literally a George Carlin bit. I forget what era, maybe 90s but it could have been earlier.
It took me decades to get good at just standing there and relaxing enough to have time for the original purpose to resurface. Also I often ask my wife what I’m doing. She doesn’t usually know either, but she always had some other ideas of what I SHOULD be doing. Which is okay. Better than standing around.
“Standing in the kitchen wondering why” ok I’m 60 and well, hey younger folk—guess what’s coming your way too! :) ‘Normal’ sounding stuff imho.
At least when you're standing in the little room, you're limited to a very few options, and you can just do one to get it out of the way.
But really, even this is medicalizing a known human trait. When we walk through a door, our mind does a context change and we shed our previous purpose.
Every time this happens to me, I chuckle, because it seems so ridiculous, and yet it's so true. It's happened even when I'm actively trying to avoid it.
Not before 40, though.
Eh. My husband has been absent-minded his whole life. Some folks are🤷♀️ (He is for lack of a better term ‘neurotypical’)
That makes me think of the Sparks track 'Probably Nothing':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Q9SBt01so
This was literally a George Carlin bit. I forget what era, maybe 90s but it could have been earlier.
It took me decades to get good at just standing there and relaxing enough to have time for the original purpose to resurface. Also I often ask my wife what I’m doing. She doesn’t usually know either, but she always had some other ideas of what I SHOULD be doing. Which is okay. Better than standing around.