Any given moment, right now, this second, feels like the most important time in our lives.
In some ways, it’s true. The present is all that’s guaranteed. It only happens once. It’s fleeting.
But our recency bias is also funny.
You know those harsh, awkward phases in high school? The ones you cringe to remember and want to forget? Just think…those moments were the most important times of your life back then.
We laugh now. High school moments that felt so epically life or death? Really?
There’s a parenting lesson cooked in here somewhere. Don’t miss the present. It’s important. It’s all we have right now. But don’t forget, you’ve felt that recency bias before. The pressure of now may look pretty funny in the future.
Gratefully Dad 