The average person spends about 47% of their day on ‘autopilot,’ following automated behaviors while their thoughts wander.

Evidence

Moving From Autopilot Towards Mindfulness (Colby College Cognitive Blog)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: The Myth of Optimal Awareness - Why Sanity Requires Strategic Auto-Pilot; Two-thirds of our daily behaviours are initiated ‘on autopilot’, out of habit. — Our actions are dictated by ‘autopilot’, not choice, finds new study; Research shows autopilot can reduce mental clarity by 30% and most people don’t notice it happening. — Are You Working on Autopilot… or With Awareness?

Related

• Two-thirds of our daily behaviours are initiated ‘on autopilot’, out of habit. (similarity 0.92)
• Research shows autopilot can reduce mental clarity by 30% and most people don’t notice it happening. (similarity 0.91)
• Every moment spent in unconscious autopilot is a moment of reduced effectiveness, increased time waste, and missed opportunities. (similarity 0.85)
• I drive places on ‘automatic pilot’ and then wonder why I went there — a common experience of absent-minded automaticity. (similarity 0.80)
• When on automatic pilot we are unaware and out of touch with the present moment; conscious awareness is clouded. (similarity 0.78)
• The Myth of Optimal Awareness - Why Sanity Requires Strategic Auto-Pilot (similarity 0.78)