<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Routine conserves cognitive energy, but it can... > Routine conserves cognitive energy, but it can also preserve a life after its purpose has expired. Automaticity is useful until the system needs information the old path cannot collect. Agency notices when efficiency has become enclosure. **Source:** [[livestreams/Reclaiming Agency by Changing the Routine - Workbook|Reclaiming Agency by Changing the Routine]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Routine conserves cognitive energy, but it can also preserve a life after its purpose has expired. Automaticity is useful until the system needs information the old path cannot collect. Agency notices when efficiency has become enclosure.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-routine-conserves-cognitive-efficiency-become-enclosure ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->