When I was almost 2, to get me off the baby bottle, all my mom had to tell me was "You are not drinking from your bottle anymore... beginning tomorrow." And I stopped. Some kids would throw a tantrum and need more pushing than that -- like hiding the bottles, or mixing hot pepper with the milk in the bottle. All I needed was for her to tell me that I'm not getting it anymore. I didn't argue, and so I let go of the bottle and switched to kiddie cups.
That memory made me realize something about myself -- that I can easily let go. It doesn't matter if I've had my bottle for almost 2 years, all I needed was some self-convincing and I can move on to other things. I understood what "sunk costs" meant at a very young age, and it carries on to this day.
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