Practical hints how to leave autopilot for some minutes
I call it "autopilot". In the book "Thinking, Fast and Slow" Daniel Kahneman calls it "System 1".
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow
System 1 is great. It helps you to do things with little mental energy.
If you are young, you use both ways of thinking: slow thinking and fast thinking.
If you get older, you spent much more time doing things you have already done. I think you use System2 less often, if you are older.
I feel between being young and being old. I am 43 years old today.
Since some months I like to leave the autopilot for some day. It is fun and a bit crazy, it helps me to feel less old.
Here are some practical hints how I practice "leaving the autopilot for some minutes".
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Drive a different way home. Monday to Friday I drive the same way from home to work with my bike. I try to drive a different way at least once a week.