I’m not sure how often this happens to other people, but it pisses me off when I do something so often that my brain shuts down and just goes on auto-pilot.
Exhibit A:
I take a certain highway to Queens and get off of a specific exit to hop on to another highway all the time. The vast majority of the time, this is the road I take. However, on the few occasions where I’m headed in the same direction but different location and need to take the first highway a few exits past the exit I normally hop on to, I’ve always managed to completely forget and end up taking the path I normally take to Queens.
It’s come to the point where I have to tell myself “you are NOT going to take this exit, you must go past it” and I STILL do it. It’s crazy. It’s like my mind goes blank when I reach that certain area and my body just takes over.
Exhibit B:
The reason for this post . . .
Every time I go to the kitchen to prepare a protein shake before I head to bed, I wind up brushing my teeth. Maybe it’s because the bathroom is right there . . . maybe it’s because it’s that time of the night and my body knows it has to sleep . . . maybe I’m just a retard. Whatever the reason is, it’s annoying as hell because I only remember the protein shake RIGHT at the moment the toothpaste is being worked into my teeth. Then it’s just one big DOH!
Damnit why can’t the executive function of my brain be more dominant!
To make matters easier, I would just make and drink my shake in the bathroom. Bring your shaker with the protein powder into the bathroom and leave it there. When you go to brush your teeth, you will see your protein shake there so just add water, shake, drink and then brush.
-ray lee