Ever lose a habit?

I don’t know. Maybe I’m insane. Maybe the underpants gnomes got a new job. Either way I have a fully mundane and pointless problem.

For the past month or so, half of the time I get into my car the hand brake is not engaged. The car is usually at least in gear, but I’ve found it in neutral twice. Not a good state to leave a vehicle in.

My habit is park/reverse/handbrake/cut ignition. I’ve done this for years. It’s now standard operating procedure for me. But lately something is amiss.

Am I insane or are there parking gnomes looking to profit from my lack of using the hand brake? Have you ever lost a habit unwillingly?

I lost a habit once … and the nuns kicked my ass!

Now, Snooooopy, Verboten was asking an honest-to-goodness question. We’ll have nun of what you were saying!