Good one Brad! I read it out loud after looking at the first sentence so Loren, husband, could laugh, empathize and recognize every behavior right along with me. We were able to come up with too many examples. Way too many. Thanks for the laughter.
What makes the piece emotionally interesting is the pivot. The anecdote doesn’t remain a joke. Instead, you slowly widen the lens and turn the moment into a reflection about how the brain operates without our permission. When you say you are “not the primary user” of your own brain, the reader experiences a subtle shift from amusement to unease. The humor remains, but it now sits on top of a deeper recognition about habit, autopilot, and the illusion of control.
By the end, you gently return to the joke about the phone. This closing line restores the light tone, but the reader now carries a lingering thought: if the brain can hide something as obvious as the phone in your hand, what else might it be quietly managing without telling you? The piece leaves behind a feeling that is both amused and faintly unsettled.
😂😂 I feel like your partner loves to see you sweat 😂
Also, yeah, how scary is it to realize just how unconscious you were of the phone in your hand for that long while the other part of your conscious brain was looking for it!
I love the way you blend that juxtaposition into the crux of the piece which is, ultimately we are completely unaware of what our brain does automatically—thinking, feeling, doing, not doing, personality, relationships (omg everything), and our entire lives centre around this one thing that is a bit in charge of us come to think of it.
Brilliant 🤣
Reminds me of the time my husband was looking for his glasses...
While they were on his face 🤪
Great point about the brain handling what you're meaning to change too. Explains a lot!
"Why is it always in the last place you look?"...
"Well, you're not going to keep looking after you find it are you?"
lol that’s for sure Sally. Makes you wonder who made that saying up 😂
Classical!
Thank you 🙏
😂
I think I can see a couple of end results 😂
I just … its … roflmao…
Good one Brad! I read it out loud after looking at the first sentence so Loren, husband, could laugh, empathize and recognize every behavior right along with me. We were able to come up with too many examples. Way too many. Thanks for the laughter.
You’re welcome and thank you so much for reading 🙏
Still waiting on your book - I was looking for it every where
I haven't written it yet Sandra. I really should get round to it.
Why don’t you look at your notes and posts and curate them as they like to say now. Viola — book!!
You make a lot of sense I really should give it a go 😀
It had been a while since I read something that made me laugh so honestly.
I can see myself in this situation, Brad!! What a great account!!
Thank you very kind of you to say 🙏
What makes the piece emotionally interesting is the pivot. The anecdote doesn’t remain a joke. Instead, you slowly widen the lens and turn the moment into a reflection about how the brain operates without our permission. When you say you are “not the primary user” of your own brain, the reader experiences a subtle shift from amusement to unease. The humor remains, but it now sits on top of a deeper recognition about habit, autopilot, and the illusion of control.
By the end, you gently return to the joke about the phone. This closing line restores the light tone, but the reader now carries a lingering thought: if the brain can hide something as obvious as the phone in your hand, what else might it be quietly managing without telling you? The piece leaves behind a feeling that is both amused and faintly unsettled.
But the most important point:
I am still chuckling.
I’m pleased you’re still chuckling. Thank you for reading and your comment is amazing 😀
Probably your phone is right in front of your nose while typing this very post, after all.
:D
lol you made me look 😂
😂😂 I feel like your partner loves to see you sweat 😂
Also, yeah, how scary is it to realize just how unconscious you were of the phone in your hand for that long while the other part of your conscious brain was looking for it!
I love the way you blend that juxtaposition into the crux of the piece which is, ultimately we are completely unaware of what our brain does automatically—thinking, feeling, doing, not doing, personality, relationships (omg everything), and our entire lives centre around this one thing that is a bit in charge of us come to think of it.
This is why self-awareness is so so necessary.
Thanks for the reminder!
You’re welcome. Thank you for reading and commenting 🙂
This is hilarious and an all to familiar thing 🤣
Wow thank you for your comment 😀
My pleasure. Reading you brightens my day ☺️
Thank you you’re very kind 🙂
Your story reminds me of me.
I once commented to the missus that things are always in the last place you look.
Her reply, "How many places do you look after you find what you're looking for?"
Been in the same boat 😀
lol wise lady or exceptional at sarcasm 😬
Both, much to my chagrin.
Yes! 🤗😄
😀👍
This is amazing! 😂😂 I so love that! 🥰
Thank you so much 😀