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Why we stick to familiar routes even when bored

I have been running the same three-mile loop around my neighborhood for two years and I am bored out of my mind but I am afraid to try new routes because I know exactly how long this one takes.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The known path may be predictable, but predictability can become its own form of prison.

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