I think you’re missing the assumption that planning is the “good” task, and the alternative is cleaning/chores, which generally no one wants to do. > the other

I think you’re missing the assumption that planning is the “good” task, and the alternative is cleaning/chores, which generally no one wants to do. > the other person is getting to relax or to plan a project? Habits and subconscious thinking helps, but you do still have to do those tasks, and it does still take thought. You still have to write them down, set up todos, etc. The idea is that cleaning/chores requires a lot of small things, that isn’t fun, but is mentally taxing. Planning meals, cooking, cleaning, tracking what needs to be cleaned next, timers, etc is the EF being “stolen”.