Well-worn grooves

I have a blue, three-foot spirit level that I used to keep on a shelf with some scrap lumber.

One day, I decided that wasn’t the right place for it, so I put it away with some other tools.

Despite my effort, whenever I needed that level, the first place I looked was still the lumber shelf.

Eventually, I changed course: I put the level back where it had always been.

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We can change many of our habits.

But sometimes, the smoother path is adapting to the grooves we already follow.