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You begin the day with the clearest of intentions. A healthy salad for lunch, a brisk run after work, an evening spent with a good book. Yet, as the day unfolds, the salad is replaced by an impulsive slice of pizza, the run is replaced by the couch, and the book remains unopened. In the quiet of the evening, a familiar question arises: Why does this keep happening? This gap between intention and action is not a failure of willpower. It is a predictable outcome of a fundamenta