Everything you do easily now was once deliberate and strange. Tying your shoes, driving, texting in your own voice: each required attention until enough repetitions buried the effort. The feeling of naturalness is not a signal that you have become someone new but the residue of practice. Waiting for it before you act means waiting for the result before doing the work.

Do the new thing while it still feels like a costume. Keep a count of repetitions rather than checking how it feels each time. Look back in two months and notice you stopped asking the question.