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Coffee, time, and how to slow down.
Coffee, time, and me.
This article is cross-posted from my weekly newsletter, The Sunday Soother, a newsletter about clarity, intention, and useful tips for creating more meaning in your life that goes out every Sunday morning. Subscribe here. I am also a coach who works with sensitive people so they can stop second-guessing, make decisions confidently and live the life they’ve always dreamed of. You can learn more about working with me here.
Recently I gave up coffee for a week.
For somebody who made her first cup of Folgers at age 16 and rarely looked back, this was no small deal.
But as one does when they reach ~ a certain age ~ and stage in life, there has been a lot of questioning going on about the things I have relationships with in life and whether they serve me.
Social media has been under scrutiny for years. Alcohol; you all have read me write about that several times and I also talked about my relationship with alcohol on the Sunday Soother podcast here. (Current status: I have 1–2 drinks one evening a week, feeling good about this.)
Now coffee rose to the forefront, the main question repeating over and over in my mind: Why do I still have a relationship with something that gives me short-term joy but long-term struggles?
