Have you ever driven all the way home only to realize you don’t remember the last five miles? Or perhaps you’ve tackled a recurring problem at work using the exact same spreadsheet template, even when the data felt like it didn't quite fit? That is your brain being remarkably—perhaps dangerously—efficient. Our brains are energy-hungry organs. To conserve resources, the brain has a natural tendency to automate behavior when encountering frequently occurring situations. In the