The fact is that the majority of our thoughts and actions are on autopilot. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing either. Our habits, routines, impulses, and reactions carry us through our lives so we don’t have to stop and think about it every time we wipe our ass or start a car.
The problem is when we’re on autopilot for so long that we forget we’re on autopilot. Because when we’re not even aware of our own habits, routines, impulses, and reactions, then we no longer control them they control us.
The problem is when we’re on autopilot for so long that we forget we’re on autopilot. Because when we’re not even aware of our own habits, routines, impulses, and reactions, then we no longer control them they control us.
The problem is when we’re on autopilot for so long that we forget we’re on autopilot. Because when were not even aware of our own habits, routines, impulses, and reactions, then we no longer control them they control us.
While there are many good reasons to be on autopilot these days, many of them are in our heads. Sometimes we just forget that we’re on autopilot. But we can fight this subconscious, automatic, in-your-head brain by taking steps to consciously exercise meta-cognition. Think about how you feel when you see a dog walking past a car window.
When you’re on autopilot, you’re also probably paying a lot of attention to what you’re seeing, hearing, smelling, and tasting, and you may not be paying much attention to what your brain is telling you. For example, if you’re watching a gardening show, your mind is probably busy taking all those impressions and making them happen.
I have a friend who is a huge gardener. He is one of those people who really knows his stuff and really gets excited when he sees new things, because he sees the world through only the eyes of his mind. He can tell you that it takes a lot of work to get your garden looking good, but he is so excited because it is so important to him. He spends days in the field, growing new varieties of flowers for his clients.
That gardening guy, he is the definition of the “garden hoser.” He is the one who gets so excited because he is so passionate about the work he does and can’t wait to tell you how great it is when his plants are looking and blooming exactly as he wants them to. The garden hoser always wants to get his hands dirty, to be the first to plant something new.
In a way, we’re all garden hosers. We want to feel like we’re doing something worthwhile. We want to feel like if we can change something for the better, then we can change something for the better. Most of us would rather change something for the sake of changing something than not.
Not everyone is as willing to change things for the sake of changing things as you. In fact, some garden hosers are like the guy in the movie that says, “Theres a better way to do that.
