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It's late, the kitchen is clean, and the kids are finally asleep — but your mind is still running through everything you haven't finished. The email you never answered. The appointment you never booked. The birthday gift you still need to buy.
This episode looks at why that list keeps interrupting you, whether you're sitting in a meeting or standing at the stove making dinner, and what's actually driving it. Working parents carry a kind of work that never shows up on any chore chart — noticing what needs attention, weighing the options, deciding, and tracking how things are going afterward. Researchers call it cognitive labor, and it helps explain why a day can leave you exhausted with almost nothing crossed off.
You'll hear what's really keeping that list loud in your head, and why the answer isn't finishing more of it.
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This episode looks at why that list keeps interrupting you, whether you're sitting in a meeting or standing at the stove making dinner, and what's actually driving it. Working parents carry a kind of work that never shows up on any chore chart — noticing what needs attention, weighing the options, deciding, and tracking how things are going afterward. Researchers call it cognitive labor, and it helps explain why a day can leave you exhausted with almost nothing crossed off.
You'll hear what's really keeping that list loud in your head, and why the answer isn't finishing more of it.
Follow 7 Good Minutes for new episodes every day.
Watch 7 Good Minutes on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@7goodminutes
7 Good Minutes is presented by OCEANSCAPE and published by The Extraordinary Network.
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