It’s a riff on the classic Manhattan cocktail that switches out herbaceous sweetness for warming autumnal flavor and nutty undertones. When I feel like I’m getting sucked into repetition, sometimes shaking up my mindset is as simple as reaching for a new ingredient in the pantry instead of turning to the same old standbys.Īnd so we have a cocktail that pairs a few of my go-to ingredients (hello, cherries, nice to see you again welcome back, whiskey) with some new friends. I’m sitting here eating avocado toast and savory yogurt for breakfast, having kicked a lifetime dependence on cold cereal.īut there’s still a cup of coffee next to the plate–a habit I was thrilled to return to after giving it up for a few years. That’s not saying it’s impossible to make tectonic shifts, though to continue this geological metaphor, sometimes striking the right balance takes a glacially long time. Should I force myself to eat something other than a lobster roll at Pearl Oyster Bar every once in a while? Photo: Casey Barberįinding the sweet spot between indulging in comforting routine and relying on force of habit is trickyĪnd given my obsessive tendencies, I’m not always the most adept in being able to find that equilibrium. Is it a bad habit to compulsively purchase every charcoal gray or navy sweater I find at J.Crew instead of introducing pattern into my wardrobe? Popcorn for dinner when I don’t feel like cooking any more conversational writer’s tics like starting paragraphs with “and,” “of course,” or “but” (guilty! and I’m leaving it there). Most of my bad habits stem from laziness and familiarity, falling back on routine instead of stretching my boundaries. Of course, pegging something as a “bad” habit is relative. If we’re being honest and accurate, the phrase should be “drop it like a good intention”–but that doesn’t quite have the zing we’re looking for, does it? Photo: Casey Barber We use it to refer to something we’re going to easily and swiftly abandon, but in life, it’s the so-called bad habits that prove tenacious and hard to break.
Somewhere in the past month’s crush of media chatter about New Year’s resolutions, I read a great point about how misleading the phrase “drop it like a bad habit” is.
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