Abigail Goben writes: “Executive function theft is the deliberate abdication of decision making, tasks, and responsibilities that are perceived as administrative or repetitive, of lesser importance, or aren’t pleasant or shiny, to another person, who becomes so exhausted that they are unable to participate in, contribute to, or enjoy higher level efforts. Think of the people who end up with more than their share of administrative maintenance tasks or the colleague who has a list of committee appointments a yard long. Quite often there’s a gendered component as to who is tasked with these additional service responsibilities.”