"The Coffee Cabinet"-Creatures Of Habit

I have reached that dreaded age where I am getting stubborn about silly things. My mom and I are reorganizing the cabinets and for 30+ years this one cabinet has always been the coffee cabinet. Filters, powered creamer, what have you. The coffee pot is no longer under it on the counter, it's in another place and yet, I can't bring myself to put anything in this cabinet BUT coffee, tea, etc. It's stupid, esp since the Keurig is on the opposite end of the kitchen..
I said on a post earlier that we are creatures of habit. We love familiar things. Familiar things feels safe and are scented with nostalgia. I remember being young and watching my parents play cards, and the waft of hot coffee as I fed my baby his morning jar of bananas.
I imagine even after my mom is gone that is where the coffee and tea will remain until family members change it when I am gone.
My random share for today.:)

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PhilDeep · 51-55, M

It's quite common, apparently, for families to do things in a particular ways, that seem to be without any real reason other than that's how they were always done, i.e. that's how their parents always did it, so why change :) I think there's some beauty in that, especially in an age where heritage seems to count for nothing, and even anything a few days old is somehow out of date. Just my thoughts!

ravenwind43 · 51-55, F

@PhilDeep Thank you, my thoughts are similar. The coffee and tea still are still in the same cabinet lol