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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
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But when you wake up

This is one reason why you might go to bed feeling motivated to make a change in your life, but when you wake up you find yourself falling back into old patterns. Your brain values long-term benefits when they are in the future (tomorrow), but it values immediate gratification when it comes to the present moment (today).

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Please explain the use of "but" in "but when you wake up..." and the use of comma before that.
  

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The use of "but" is the normal contrastive one. I think the sentence is intended to be understood like this: This is one reason why [you might go to bed feeling motivated to make a change in your life, but when you wake up you find yourself falling back into old patterns].

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  • The use of "but" is the normal contrastive one.
  • I think the sentence is intended to be understood like this: This is one reason why [you might go to bed feeling motivated to make a change in your life, but when you wake up you find yourself falling back into old patterns].
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The use of "but" is the normal contrastive one. I think the sentence is intended to be understood like this:

This is one reason why [you might go to bed feeling motivated to make a change in your life, but when you wake up you find yourself falling back into old patterns].

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