It is easy to live on automatic pilot. We have all been there at one time or another, we are studying, working, dating, and having families. The problem with the automatic mode is that it does not let us have a say in how our life goes. We choose things and we make many important decisions, but for the most part these decisions are in reaction to something that has happened or somebody that was in our life. They are not intentionally or authentically generated to fulfill something that we have individually and independently decided.