[Spoken Word] Hello, welcome to another therapy session. Today we’re talking about planning. Which is apparently something I desperately need. Or so I’m told. [Female Therapist] How are you today? [Female Patient] Running late. [Female Therapist] Why are you running late? [Female Patient] Because I don’t plan. [Female Therapist] But you’re here. [Female Patient] Yes. [Female Therapist] So you planned to come here. [Female Patient] No, I was late. [Female Therapist] You showed up on time. [Female Patient] No, I was 47 seconds late. [Female Therapist] …How do you know you’re 47 seconds late? [Female Patient] My watch. [Female Therapist] What if your watch is wrong? [Female Patient] How do you know that? [Female Therapist] Because watches can be wrong. [Female Patient] Mine isn’t. [Female Therapist] How do you know? [Female Patient] I sync it every morning. [Female Therapist] I see… So you’re a planner. [Female Patient] No. [Female Therapist] You just said you don’t plan. [Female Patient] I don’t plan. I schedule. [Female Therapist] What’s the difference? [Female Patient] Planning is flexible. [Female Therapist] And scheduling? [Female Patient] Absolutely not. [Female Therapist] So you hate running late? [Female Patient] Yes. [Female Therapist] Why don’t you leave earlier? [Female Patient] Because that would mess up my other plans. [Female Therapist] What other plans? [Female Patient] I get up at 7:00 AM. Brush my teeth. Take a shower. [Female Therapist] Okay. [Female Patient] Fourteen minutes. [Female Therapist] You time your shower? [Female Patient] Yes. [Female Therapist] Why? [Female Patient] Because it takes fourteen minutes. [Female Therapist] What if you need to scrub a little longer? [Female Patient] Fourteen minutes. [Female Therapist] What if you had a really busy day? [Female Patient] Fourteen minutes. [Female Therapist] What if you’re covered in mud? [Female Patient] Fourteen minutes. [Female Therapist] What if you’re on fire? [Female Patient] That would be an emergency. [Female Therapist] So you’d take longer? [Female Patient] Probably fifteen. [Female Therapist] Okay… progress. [Female Patient] No. I’d have to adjust the rest of the schedule. [Female Therapist] Of course you would. [Female Patient] Then breakfast and lunch. Twenty-three minutes. [Female Therapist] Combined? [Female Patient] Yes. [Female Therapist] Exactly twenty-three? [Female Patient] Twenty-three. [Female Therapist] Do you drink coffee? [Female Patient] No. [Female Therapist] Why not? [Female Patient] It would add time. [Female Therapist] But coffee might help you get things done faster. [Female Patient] Then I’d have to account for the coffee. [Female Therapist] Account for it how? [Female Patient] Two minutes and seventeen seconds. [Female Therapist] You timed making coffee? [Female Patient] Obviously. [Female Therapist] Do you have any free time? [Female Patient] Yes. [Female Therapist] How much? [Female Patient] Six minutes. [Female Therapist] And what do you do with those six minutes? [Female Patient] Nothing. [Female Therapist] Why? [Female Patient] That’s my free time. [Female Therapist] Right… [Female Patient] Then I get dressed. [Female Therapist] How long? [Female Patient] Seven minutes. [Female Therapist] What if you can’t find your shirt? [Female Patient] It doesn’t happen. [Female Therapist] What if it does? [Female Patient] It won’t. [Female Therapist] What if someone moves your shirt? [Female Patient] Who would do that? [Female Therapist] I’m just asking. [Female Patient] I’d have to revise the schedule. [Female Therapist] And that would make you late? [Female Patient] Exactly. [Female Therapist] So you hate being late. [Female Patient] Yes. [Female Therapist] And you don’t plan. [Female Patient] Correct. [Female Therapist] You have your entire morning timed down to the second. [Female Patient] Yes. [Female Therapist] And you don’t consider that planning? [Female Patient] No. [Female Therapist] What do you call it? [Female Patient] Knowing what happens next. [Female Therapist] That’s planning. [Female Patient] No. That’s knowing. [Female Therapist] Okay. Let’s try something. [Female Patient] What? [Female Therapist] Tomorrow, don’t plan anything. [Female Patient] Okay. [Female Therapist] Just wake up and see what happens. [Female Patient] What time? [Female Therapist] Whenever you wake up. [Female Patient] That’s not a time. [Female Therapist] Exactly. [Female Patient] I don’t like this exercise. [Female Therapist] Why? [Female Patient] Because I don’t know when it’s going to end. [Female Therapist] It’s a therapy session. [Female Patient] I know. [Female Therapist] It ends when we’re done. [Female Patient] When? [Female Therapist] I don’t know. [Female Patient] … [Female Therapist] Are you okay? [Female Patient] I’m extremely uncomfortable. [Female Therapist] Good. We’re making progress. [Fe
