Stephanie DeSouza

Let me set the scene. There is a cereal box on my kitchen counter. It has been there for six business days. It appears to be thriving. I have begun to suspect it has signed a lease. I see it every single time I walk into the room. My partner — a brilliant, thoughtful, deeply caring person — does not. Not metaphorically. Not emotionally. Literally. His brain has filed that cereal box under "not relevant to current task" and moved on with its life. Here's what makes this intere