The plan you keep meaning to make

“You and your partner are getting ready for bed on a Wednesday — brushing teeth, charging phones, the usual wind-down. They pause in the doorway and say, 'We should really do that hike we keep talking about.' You say 'definitely' and mean it. But as you pull back the covers, you're quietly aware that you've said 'definitely' about this hike at least four times, and the weekend is already filling up with other things.”