Making a decision to do something is like moving through a real jungle: It's hard.
Your brain hates using energy, so it came up with a trick. All your actions and behaviours leave paths in the jungle of your brain. The more often you do something, the more stamped out the trails become, so you take these familiar paths because it is comfortable and effortless.
This explains why change is hard when your mind is full of established paths.
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