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Way, waaaaaay back on Christmas Eve 2019, my boss told us 'go ahead and go home early, we'll count it as a full day.' Which was super nice! But due to a variety of factors, it also meant that I needed to remember to clock out (from home) at 4:30 pm. Which I thought I might forget, so I set an alarm on my fitbit to remind me. And I *did* forget, and the alarm *did* remind me, so it all worked out just fine.
Except.
I set the alarm for 4:30 pm on Tuesday. I remember it very specifically, because EVERY TUESDAY SINCE THEN it's gone off. And EVERY TUESDAY I think to myself, 'Ah, right, I should turn that off.'
But when it's actually going off, the important task of the moment is getting it to stop, and once it's stopped, the urgency is gone. I'll have a whole week to remember to turn it off!
Four months have gone by like this.
BUT! I told the story to my mom this weekend, and that apparently brought it up into the 'do something' part of my brain, because this morning -- big news -- I finally turned off the alarm. I feel very accomplished.
Except.
I set the alarm for 4:30 pm on Tuesday. I remember it very specifically, because EVERY TUESDAY SINCE THEN it's gone off. And EVERY TUESDAY I think to myself, 'Ah, right, I should turn that off.'
But when it's actually going off, the important task of the moment is getting it to stop, and once it's stopped, the urgency is gone. I'll have a whole week to remember to turn it off!
Four months have gone by like this.
BUT! I told the story to my mom this weekend, and that apparently brought it up into the 'do something' part of my brain, because this morning -- big news -- I finally turned off the alarm. I feel very accomplished.
