Reflections From a Murky Pond

It’s Monday, the hardest day of the week – not that it’s easy to get up on most other days – to drag my ass out of bed. Yet, I must get up; my coffee needs me. And who am I to deny my coffee what it needs.

Mmmm… Hot Coffee

Remember, it’s important for needs to be met. Starting the day off that way can and will increase your productivity and decrease your stress. 😉

Seems sort of legit. At least it does in the strict context of going to a coffee shop and trying to order your first cup of the day. Having to wait for the barista to deal with some crazy, over-the-top, frou-frou drink when you just want a hot cup of coffee does seem to be enough to put me and many others on the edge of a psychotic break. 😉

Have The First Cup(s) Of Coffee At Home

Of course, knowing my own long-established lack of tolerance for fools, especially those that do things to coffee, 99 out of 100 mornings I have a pot of coffee at home first before leaving to go anywhere.

And yes, I take my coffee black in the morning, just like my women, though I normally lighten and sweeten things up later in the day. 😉

Truly! Respect the brew. There are mornings when it’s the only reason you live to see lunchtime. And, I do mean you, not me – for the generic “you” meaning anyone around me.

Start your day off right. With coffee – or tea if that’s your cuppa – before you read the paper or surf the web for your morning “news.” Coffee first, then check to see what today’s outrage is or is supposed to be according to the Lamestream Media.

Remember that! First Coffee! Then, all the other shit.

First, Coffee. Always First, Coffee Before The Day’s Meshugas

OK, OK, OK! If you’re luckier/smarter than I am (highly unlikely but possible), as lucky/smart as I am (oddly rare), or even half as lucky/smart as I am (decent chance of that!), coffee should be the 2nd thing you do in the morning. But still, the 1st thing once you get out of bed. 😉

The important thing is to start the day with something good that will also center yourself. It’s important to get your mind in a rooted, good place before perusing the crap the world has for you each day.

Yeah, some mornings – especially Monday mornings it seems – are like that. We all need – or, at least I do – some hellishly strong coffee in order to function in a manner that is safe for both myself and anyone around me. 😉

Coffee To Wake, Coffee To Rise, More To Make Me Smile

But … While coffee is quite enough to invoke my presence in the morning and to wake me up in a manner conducive to civilization, it does take more than that most times to bring me to both full consciousnesses and put me in a more pleasant mood at the start of the day.

Of course, the one of my women who is something of a morning person in that she wakes up even earlier than I do, knows the proper rituals and rights to summon me to the waking world. 😉 So, in that I am one lucky devil. 😆