Don't let your habits determine your choices
It is said that we are a sum-total of our habits. We have a habit of waking up at a particular time every day, following a specific morning routine, doing similar set of tasks during the day, eating our meals in a typical way and even ending our day with a set of routine tasks. Did you visualize your normal day as you were reading this? When we do a particular thing in the same way repeatedly, and derive some kind of instant pleasure from it, it becomes a habit. Once something becomes a habit, we can do that thing even without being prompted to do it and without being consciously aware. Infact, after a while, we may not even derive the same pleasure from it, but we still keep doing it. This is because our brain likes shortcuts which helps it to conserve energy. In any situation, the brain has to expend energy to make a conscious choice. Once a habit is formed, it becomes an unconscious action in that situation. The brain does not require a lot of energy to just repeat...