Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you may have noticed that I love Tim Horton’s cold brews with cold foam. I posted quite a few of them in my blog last year (before we got an espresso machine at home). They are so tasty and were my go-to coffee treat for many years.

Sometime last week while I was ordering a couple Timbits for my daughter, out of habit (and because I saw that I had a coupon) I started to order myself a cold brew with cold foam. 

As I was adding it to our mobile order, I saw that this drink comes out to 400-something calories. Wow! This was something I’d do all the time last year. Often without thinking much about it, and almost always because I had a coupon that made it less than $2.

Before I submitted the mobile order last week, I had this thought that “nothing changes if nothing changes” and I thought about whether or not I really need this cold brew right now, or if I was just doing it out of habit (and because it’s a deal).

Truthfully, I was doing it out of habit and because I had a coupon that made it under $2. It wasn’t really something that I needed at the time so I removed it from the cart. Besides, I can make a latte at home for under 200 calories and they are amazing!

Yes, I am working on my latte art ;)

Now, at a later date I might really “need” a cold brew and that’s OK, but on this date I removed it from the cart based on the fact that “nothing changes if nothing changes”.

I saved myself $2 and 400-something calories, and felt proud of my intentionality. 

One day, I’ll get a cold brew again, but it won’t be “just because”, it’ll be because I am looking for it and have room for it in my calorie deficit, and not just mindlessly adding it to the cart.