[JoshCole]

Change what your autopilot does. Get habits which result in active reading and deep thinking. Go, get a piece of paper, and write down the following instructions for yourself, "I will get up an hour earlier tomorrow morning. During that time I will read something. After I read it I will take notes on it. After I take notes on it I will reflect on all my notes. I will then repeat this process for the next thirty days."

Congratulations, if you do that, because you've solved your active reading and deep thinking problem. Habitually, you will read actively and think deeply. Keep in mind, you'll still have your other bad habits. You'll still read mindlessly and procrastinate during other times. However, you won't always be doing that. You're going to have a better base to work from.

Later you can read books like Miracle Morning to improve your morning habits, Bullet Journal to create short notes for yourself to work from later, and How To Take Smarter Notes to get a deeper dive on the topic of active reading than anyone in the other comments has had time to go into.