“Bread without butter or coffee without milk is an awful calamity, as if everything before being put in our mouth must first be held under a cow.” IfsFirstsHabitMouthsCoffeeBreadAwfulMilkCowsCalamity Book:John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir Source: John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir
“It is so very easy and so very pleasant, too, to read only books which lead to nothing, light and interesting books, and the more the better, that it is almost as difficult to wean ourselves from it as from the habit of chewing tobacco to excess, or of smoking the whole time, or of depending for stimulus upon tea or coffee or spirits.” BookWholeLightSpiritEasyDifficultInterestingHabitCoffeeTeaPleasantSmokingExcessStimulusTobaccoChewingInteresting BookChewing Tobacco Author:Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
“I've found that I snack less and concentrate better when I chew on a plastic stirrer - the kind that you get to stir your to-go coffee. I picked up this habit from my husband, who loves to chew on things. His favorite chew-toy is a plastic pen top, and gnawed pen tops and little bits of plastic litter our apartment.” KindLittlesFoundBitsHabitHusbandLittle BitCoffeeMy HusbandPensPlasticToysApartmentSnacksAuthentic HappinessStirrers Author:Gretchen Rubin
“My writing habits are pretty static. I get up every morning between 6 and 7 am, grab a cup of coffee, say a few prayers, and go downstairs to my office and start writing.” WritingPrayerMorningHabitOfficeCoffeeGet UpCupsEvery MorningStaticCoffee Cup Author:Mitch Albom
“I come from a coffee-loving family, and you can always tell when my sister and I have been around, because both of us collect all the dead coffee from everyone's morning cup, pour it over ice, and drink it. This is a disgusting habit.” Has BeensMorningHabitDrinkCoffeeIceCupsMy SisterDisgustingLoving Family Author:Laurie Colwin
“Curiously, the balance seems to come when writing is woven into every aspect of my life, like eating or exercising - one flows constantly into the next: I'll wake up and have coffee, read the news, then write a letter or two (always in longhand), then go teach, and after teaching write a bit in a journal - dreams, what I had for breakfast and lunch and why I had it, what's on the iPod, sexual habits, etc. - then read a bit, then work on a real bit of writing...you get the idea.” WritingTwoIdeasRealDreamSeemsNextBitsTeachTeachingHabitBalanceExerciseEatingNewsAspectFlowLettersWake UpCoffeeEtcBreakfastLunchJournalWovenIpods Author:Kevin Keck
“I would drink gallons of coffee a day. Even now, off caffeine, I talk faster than anyone you've ever met. I finally recognized that I'm naturally amped up. But when I quit I was worried that I would never write again. It was like anyone who's kicked a habit. I was in a blanket shivering, trying to kick the horse.” WritingTryingHabitDrinkHorseCoffeeQuittingWorriedBlanketI QuitCaffeine Author:Nathan Englander