I routinely inject chaos into a system to drive conscious action.
For example, I recently changed the layout of app icons on my phone.
My fingers have been trained from repetitive use, to access specific spatial areas of my phone screen, to open different apps. It has become an auto-system. Without thinking, my fingers just automatically open my routine apps once I open my phone.
So I changed (randomly redistributed) the spatial positioning of all apps on the screen. At the start, my auto system prevailed. I basically started opening apps I did not need, because the app was in the previous spatial position of the needed app.
This became slightly discomforting and made me go to my phone less.
Then, I had to change. Whenever I reached for my phone, I had to pay attention to what I needed to do and consciously click what I required.
Chaos has its uses.
– Osasu Oviawe