99% of the decisions we make in a day, at adult age, we make unconsciously. We have ever thought about it consciously, but we’ve incorporated it into a system. A habit, if you will.
When we drink, when we eat, what we eat, how we walk, how we look, what we listen to, what things look like, what a danger is and what not, when to go to bed, what to do on our phones, how to speak, etc etc etc. The things we don’t question, but just seem to ‘happen’.
The thing is, we can add habits. In my case by example: when to meditate, read, breathe, write… The things I shouldn’t question (and don’t), but might skip because they’re still conscious actions.
Everything that’s conscious from a mature age, will never become completely unconscious.
Oftentimes it’s the conscious decisions that we reflect on. Because we think those are the ones that define what we do. But interestingly enough, it’s all those tiny little habits, the 99% of our day, that make the difference. Our ‘patterns’ if you will.
So if you try to start a new habit, like going to bed earlier, you might need to change five other patterns as well. For example: stop using your phone an hour before sleep, don’t drink coffee after 6PM, drink less coffee in the day, don’t work on a screen after 10PM and drink more water during the day.
In your life everything is connected, even though it might not seem that way at first. When you discover the unconscious patterns, you can unravel and renew.