Small Gestures Are A Big Deal
We all get busy. If it's not work assignments, it's social obligations, or organized sports or volunteering or household chores or anything else that makes us feel we're getting pulled in all sorts of directions.
This pull on our time makes the following shortcuts very attractive:
- Buying convenience foods or eating out
- Driving vs walking or biking
- Skipping a workout or playtime in the park
- Outsourcing life tasks (maid service, yard service, laundry, baby sitting)
We've all used some of these, and more, at some point. Indeed, some of us take these shortcuts on a regular, even daily basis.
There are even some shortcuts we take that we don't even realize we're taking because they don't feel as real and tangible as the list I offered above.
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