Lightning takes the easiest path, not the best one. So does a lazy decision.

Given no resistance, energy travels where there is least of it, and so does a tired mind at the end of a day. The path of least effort is not aiming at a good outcome, it is not aiming at anything. Default choices tend to serve whoever designed the defaults.

Notice when you are choosing from fatigue rather than from preference. Build the better option into the path so it becomes the easy one, by laying out the clothes or closing the tab in advance. Then the low resistance starts working for you instead of against you.