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Today at a Glance
An old decision can keep shaping your life long after you stop thinking about it. This week, we’re looking at how to recognize one worth revisiting, account for the cost of changing it, and try a small adjustment before making a bigger commitment.
If you share a bed with someone, try suggesting that you switch sides tonight.
You may have a good reason for your side. Maybe it’s closer to the bathroom, or you need to get up without waking your partner. But you might find yourself defending an arrangement neither of you remembers choosing. It could even be the arrangement from an apartment you left years ago, carried through every move without discussion.
That’s a small thing to have settled. You wouldn’t want to negotiate where you sleep every night. What interests me is how quickly “this is what we chose” becomes “this is how it has to be,” even when nobody can explain why.
A decision about work can become just as familiar. You accept a standing meeting during a difficult project, and it’s still on your calendar two years after the project ended. Everyone keeps showing up because everyone else keeps showing up. The meeting’s existence becomes enough of a reason to attend it.
You can see the problem when it’s someone else’s meeting. It’s harder when the arrangement is yours and you’ve spent years explaining why it works.
There may still be a good reason for it. But when did you last check?