How to disable autopilot in relationships, how to snap out of unskillful habits - By Reshma Have you noticed what pets do to navigate to the garden or backyard in snow? In the beginning, they're nearly up to their heads in the snow. Then slowly they begin to create small paths around the garden towards where they want to get to. Now you can see that they have made a lot of well-traversed paths, and even after the snow has settled making it very easy for them to stop using their paths and use a more simple course, they just don't do it.