So even before your eyes are more than half open-long before you've had your first cup of coffee-you've made a dozen choices or more. But they don't count, really, as choices. You could have done otherwise, but you never gave it a thought.
Before we are fully awake and aware, we make numerous decisions without truly recognizing them as choices. This happens in our daily routines, where actions like getting out of bed or brushing our teeth are performed almost automatically. These choices are shaped by habits and familiarity rather than conscious thought.
In essence, many of our actions occur in a state of autopilot, where the mind doesn't engage in deliberation. Although alternatives...