Sippity Sip Sip

"habit - a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up."

 

I've heard it said that if you do something for 21 consecutive days it becomes a "habit." I imagine that this would be the case for positive things as well as negative. In my case, I wouldn't say that my "habit" is positive or negative...it's just "quirky."

 

As long as I've been inhabiting this planet, I've never been much of a straw user. Sure, I'd use a straw when dining at a restaurant, or with my to-go drink from a fast-food spot, but at home...never.

 

Well...A while back I was doing a craft project with the reading group that I volunteer with. Whatever the project was, it required straws. Now 100 straws come in a box. We probably used 20 at the most for our project.

 

So...I brought the straws home, put them in the cupboard and forgot about 'em.

 

Until...

 

A few months ago I happened to pull out the box and wondered, "Why aren't I using these?"

 

From then on, I began drinking from straws at home.

 

Now you'd think that once all the straws had been used, that would have been the end of my "home straw usage." But no...I went out and bought a NEW box. You see...I'd developed a habit (even at MY age) of using straws, and just had to have 'em with my drinks at home.

 

Well...I've just used the LAST straw from that box and I think it's time for me to "kick the habit."  I mean...it's not a bad habit, nor is it an expensive one. A box only costs $.97

 

But that's not the issue. The issue is...do I really have to have a straw with my drink? Really???

 

Of course, we know that the answer is NO.

 

And so...as I take the last few sips of my drink from this...the LAST straw...I will stop my "straw habit" cold turkey, and go back to drinking the way I used to...strawless.

 

While I sip...

 

Let the DIALOGUE begin: What habits, if any, have you developed within the past year?

 

Talk to me!

 

Til next time...