"Especially when we consider the role our subconscious mind plays compared to our conscious mind."

This is the ticket. There's only so many revisions that can be made until the plan changes entirely. My main goal is to not worry on one sole thing to the point where it has me changing my original direction. You may be onto something with habitual actions and patterns brought on by habitualistic thinking!

If we can take the actions first, the thoughts should in theory catch up to match the actions being made.