Get out of the way, tree, or come to the way, way?

I go to school by bike and at one point there's a small shortcut I can take. At the end of the shortcut I need to turn right and at the same spot there are birch branches hanging down on the level of my face. It's not very pleasant to ride through those branches, but I can skip them if I take a sharp turn right when approaching them.

I used to pay close attention to the branches and carefully try not to hit them. But no matter how hard I tried, I always used to hit them. One morning I came up with turning my head to the right already when approaching the branches. After starting to do that, I've never hit them again.

Focusing my eyes on the way where I want to go - instead of focusing on the branches I don't want to hit - makes me automatically steer a sharp turn to the right direction. Noticing this made me quite grateful for living in a world that operates with the principle that you steer yourself to whatever you focus on.