Your pet hypothesis and mine are quite similar. Hey there pet hypothesis buddy.
Once you get a good routine down, you figure out the best grocery stores for everything, find the best routes to and from work/school, punch a clock for half your weekday waking hours, days start blending together.
The time spent doing things like washing dishes, doing laundry, prepping meals, shopping for consumables, your brain is on autopilot for most of that time once you have done those things 100+ times.
Variety being the spice of life and all, doing new things forces you to actually engage your surroundings and have memorable experiences.
Once you get a good routine down, you figure out the best grocery stores for everything, find the best routes to and from work/school, punch a clock for half your weekday waking hours, days start blending together. The time spent doing things like washing dishes, doing laundry, prepping meals, shopping for consumables, your brain is on autopilot for most of that time once you have done those things 100+ times.
Variety being the spice of life and all, doing new things forces you to actually engage your surroundings and have memorable experiences.