Sometimes it's just habit. If you get in the habit of coming home, getting changed, and going for a run every day, then after a while you end up doing it without thinking. If you are in the habit of coming home, cracking a beer, and drinking it, you end up doing that without consciously thinking about it. TV can be the same way; how many sitcom reruns have you watched in the name of "unwinding"?

Try something else, be it exercise, a cup of tea, or reading. Change the tool that you use to smooth the edges.