Your morning routine probably isn’t missing anything.
Actually, ma’am, I think it has enough going on.
Before your feet fully hit the floor, your brain has already clocked in.
What time is that meeting?
Did I respond to that email?
I need to order that thing.
What’s happening today?
Why is there already a notification?
And somehow, before you’ve even brushed your teeth, you’ve mentally attended a meeting, reorganized your afternoon and remembered something you forgot to do yesterday.
So no.
I am not about to give you five more things to add to your morning.
You do not need me telling you to wake up at 5 a.m., meditate, journal, stretch, read ten pages, drink lemon water and stare peacefully into the distance before starting your day.
We have jobs.
We have businesses.
We have homes.
We have people.
We have things to DO.
I see you.
But also…
We gotta do a little better.
Because everybody and everything cannot keep getting access to you before you’ve even had access to yourself.
And I think we can start with the coffee.
You’re Already Making the Coffee
This is exactly why I built Me Time Coffee around coffee in the first place.
I’m not asking you to find another hour in your day for “self-care.”
Where exactly were we supposed to locate this bonus hour?
Please send coordinates.
I’m talking about taking something you already do and experiencing it differently.
You already make coffee.
You already wait for it to brew.
You already pour it into your favorite mug.
Except somewhere between pressing BREW and taking the first sip, we’ve decided that’s also the perfect time to check email, open Instagram, look at the calendar, answer a text and figure out what everybody needs from us.
Now the coffee is sitting there getting cold while we’re already 37 minutes into a day that technically just started.
Absolutely not.
The First 10 Minutes Need Some Boundaries
I’m not asking for your entire morning.
Give yourself ten minutes.
That’s it.
Start the coffee.
And while it’s brewing?
Don’t start working.
I know.
Very controversial.
Let the coffee brew without using those four minutes to accomplish three additional tasks.
Light the candle.
Open the blinds.
Stand there and stare at the wall if that’s what your spirit requires.
But do not immediately invite the entire outside world into the kitchen.
Then pour your coffee and actually sit down.
Not forever.
For a few minutes.
Drink it while it’s hot.
Taste it.
Let your brain fully arrive before everybody else gets access to it.
That’s a Me Time Morning.
Your Phone Will Survive
Listen.
I love my phone.
My businesses are in there.
My calendar is in there.
My email is in there.
Half my life is apparently in there.
But I’ve also learned that the second I pick it up, my morning no longer belongs completely to me.
Because now I know what somebody needs.
I know what happened overnight.
I know what’s waiting in my inbox.
I know what I forgot.
And once you know, good luck pretending you don’t.
That’s why one of the smallest things you can do for your morning is simply delay the information.
Not for three hours.
Ten minutes.
Your email has been sitting there all night.
She can wait.
Stop Making Self-Care Another Assignment
This is the part I really want us to get.
Taking care of yourself cannot become another thing you’re failing to complete.
You don’t need another checklist.
You don’t need to be good at self-care.
And you certainly don’t need a perfectly curated morning with matching pajamas and sunlight hitting your coffee at exactly the right angle.
Some mornings are going to morning.
The alarm didn’t alarm correctly.
You can’t find something.
Somebody needs something.
You’re running late.
Fine.
The ritual doesn’t have to be perfect to count.
Maybe today you get ten minutes.
Tomorrow you get six.
On Thursday, you might drink the coffee standing over the kitchen counter because that’s what we’ve got.
The goal isn’t perfection.
The goal is to stop automatically giving away every available minute.
Make the Coffee Worth Sitting Down For
And yes, we’re going to talk about the actual coffee.
Because around here, the ritual matters and so does what’s in your cup.
If I’m asking you to sit down and enjoy your coffee, I want the coffee to be worth enjoying.
Freshly roasted.
Specialty-grade.
Something you actually look forward to drinking instead of something you’re drowning in creamer because the coffee underneath tastes like regret.
That’s why Me Time Coffee is roasted fresh to order.
The coffee isn’t an accessory to the ritual.
It’s part of it.
The smell while it’s brewing.
The first hot sip.
Finding the roast you actually love.
That sensory experience is part of what makes those ten minutes feel different.
Tomorrow Morning, Don’t Add Anything
That’s your assignment.
Actually, I hate that word here.
That’s the opposite of what we’re doing.
So let’s call it an experiment.
Tomorrow morning, don’t add one single thing to your routine.
Make your coffee like you normally do.
But before you open the inbox…
Before you check Instagram…
Before you start figuring out what everybody needs…
Take the first few minutes for yourself.
Sit down.
Drink the coffee while it’s hot.
Let the day wait outside for ten minutes.
Then go do all the things.
They’re still going to be there.
I promise.
But at least they won’t get you before you’ve had a chance to get you first.
Pause. Sip. Savor.®
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