This is the ability to perform a behavior without thinking about each step, which allows the pattern to become automatic and habitual.
Because when you begin practicing a new habit it requires a lot of conscious effort to remember to do it. But after a while, your new habit becomes a normal routine and the process is more or less mindless and automatic.
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