Guess which option my brain chose most often? If you guessed hit the gym, I appreciate your optimism but I have to admit that the couch won that battle almost every time. It was a slaughter, really. The gym never had a chance. In my defense it was never a conscious choice made by my prefrontal cortex, but rather something my brain did automatically or out of habit. After the decision had been made by my brain, I could rationalize it, thinking to myself, I’ll just decompress for a bit before hitting the gym, but deep down I knew what was going to happen.
