life lessons I've learned from coffee.
8 Aug
I am an idiot in the mornings.
I wake up every morning and make coffee, like many (most?) people who read this blog. Every morning. Every single morning. Yet, despite all of this practice, I still manage to goof it about every other time. How can you goof up coffee? Well, let me tell you.
Step 1 – grind the beans
Step 2 – take filter and pot to sink to clean and fill
Step 3 – fill up tank, replace coffee pot and lid
Step 4 – dump beans into filter (the problem step)
Step 5 – turn pot on and go brush your hair for heaven’s sake.
Wake up and dump the freaking beans into the filter.
So many days, I shuffle back over to the coffee pot, salivating, ready for my morning joe. Pour the coffee and very, very hot steamy water comes out. Awesome. Repeat steps 3-5 and try not to swear too loudly, there are kids in the room.
Lesson: There has to be order to the chaos.
I’ve found that for me to be successful, I have to have a process. It applies to life, business, and even such mundane things as making coffee. Instead of WTF do I keep doing this?! I have to figure out How do I stop myself from doing this? The answer? Reverse steps 3 and 4. It’s that simple, as is adjusting to most things in life. The hard part – Remembering the steps before you’ve had your coffee.
