The Awkward Middle: Why Understanding Comes Faster Than Change
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Shannon Denniston explores why we can understand a habit or pattern immediately but still repeat it within a day, focusing on the gap between insight and actual change. She compares understanding to getting a map of an old road, while our "feet" keep taking the familiar groove unless we deliberately practice a new path, often clumsily and repeatedly. She names this space the "awkward middle," where progress feels like failure because your brain knows better but your body is still defaulting. Using the example of jumping in to fix things when someone is venting, she explains…
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