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A couple of thoughts this year that I want to remember (because of the new thinking of drives in terms of negative feedback loops in the cognitive unconscious) ...

"Choices are being made all the time without our thinking about it/being aware of it"

The multiplicity of specialized modules in the cognitive unconscious ("society of mind") means that our behavior is sometimes dominated by one "drive" (eg thirst) and other times by other drives (eg social contact), without our paying attention to the shifts. And yes, as per Joyce, some social institutions (not only religious) work very hard to influence which unconscious modules are expressed (Euripides' Bacchae re Dionysius).

"I don't know what I know how to do (or not do) nor ofte what I want to do (or don't want to do) except by watching myself do things, or having others tell me what I'm doing."

A consequence of the mutliplicity of the cognitive unconscious, and its rather spare reporting to the I-function. Helps to account both for the significance of social interactions and the role of psychotherapists as both story faclitators (to come) and "cables" (making up for absence of internal communication).