Right-- and so sometimes conversation about these things turns into a meta-cognition discussion.
"I understand that you don't want to think about _____, or to do this. I respect that this is your opinion. What would be the consequences of not doing it? Do you think that there are things that I prefer not to think about or to do? ( 
) What would happen if I didn't do them, or didn't pay enough attention to them while I was doing those things?"Hey, let's face it... long-distance freeway driving is booooooooorrrrrring. But at 75 mph, being inattentive is not an option.
