You are my secret twin. For years I would look at the pre-cut fruit and veg and think things like, "Oh, come on, I can cut up a head of broccoli, for pete's sake!" Then I realized that 1) some days I really really CAN'T cut up a head of broccoli safely and 2) some other days I can but then I can't write a short story or see my godkids or whatever. It's not always bad for me to be stubborn, but it is bad for me to be stubborn about the wrong things.

And yes. "Please make me soup" and "I will make soup now" are so very very different.