The perfect equation

Pen? Check
Notebook? Check
Coffee? Check

If ever I needed any three things to come together and facilitate action or thought in my life, these would be the three things.

The easiest part for me is that I’m not picky about my coffee. I’ll drink it from Starbucks, Second Cup, Tim Hortons, vending machines, cafeterias… anywhere really. Just not in hospitals. And that has nothing to with the quality of the coffee. That’s just me not enjoying anything about hospitals.

Anyway, I digress. I sit here with my pen in my left hand. My notebook in my right and on my lap. And to my left, on the desk, in all it’s glory is my coffee. As I try to find the next words to write and take pause to think I also sip. The warm liquid fills my mouth and slides down with fantastic satisfaction. It invigorates me, gives me strength (mentally of course) and if nothing else my morning routine stays intact. And I’m a huge on routines. They keep me on pace, they keep me in line, and they keep me from going crazy. You can ask my girlfriend.

Writing also calms me and keeps me on the straight and narrow. If I’m sitting here with a pen and book what trouble can I really get into? I also find it more calming and less distracting to write I notebooks. I’d be willing to bet that it will actually take me longer to type this than it did to write it out in the first place.

It’s the mighty internet that gets in the way. Facebook is constantly tempting me, ESPN.com always has the sporting news I need to get my fix (I’m kind if a junkie), then there’s MSN, my e-mail and countless other blogs and such. My notebooks and coffee have no such built in distractions.

It’s a perfect equation for serious creative and artistic expression or meaningless dribble like this.

Anyway, time for a refill.

xoxo

-Joshua

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