Certain schools of philosophy/religion/meditation are devoted to moving past these unconscious processes and making these choices conscious. If you sit with a

Certain schools of philosophy/religion/meditation are devoted to moving past these unconscious processes and making these choices conscious. If you sit with a bowl of snacks next to you as you work, you may find that your hand wanders by itself over to the doritos and delivers them to your mouth, where you chew and swallow barely even noticing as your keyboard becomes covered in cheese dust and grease. It is also possible to make a conscious decision to do the same thing, or to decide not to eat them at all. An intermediate is to move the snacks away so you can work without wrestling your subconscious. Unconscious choice is very, very common but it does not mean concscious choice is impossible.