Déjà fait – what a strange phenomenon this one is, out of all included under the déjà vu umbrella.
Déjà fait means ‘already done’; and it is one I can’t say I’ve experienced.
When I go to do the ironing, I don’t look at the pile of crumpled clothing and see that it has already been done. When I have a sink full of pots and pans, I don’t get there to do the dishes only for them to have been done and put away already. I don’t go to work and find out as soon as I get there that the day’s over with all of the day’s tasks completed.
No… I have to do all of them, and know that I’m doing them, do them, and then know that I’ve done them.
Déjà vu, though, is actually the feeling of already having experienced whatever is currently happening, so déjà fait will be the feeling that something has already been done… therefore, in this case, I can say I’ve experienced it. More so wishful thinking than anything else, however, as I wish I’d already done the ironing, the washing up, or the work.
I think I’ll write a post about déjà fait, and call it just that.
Ooh.
It looks as though I already have…
The Mansionic Perspective 
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