Get up when I wake up (never set an alarm unless I’m on a ‘red-eye’ flight and never snooze/doze on weekdays), go out to the kitchen and turn on the espresso machine, usually after putting on some pants (but not always). Do Wordle and maybe one or two other daily quizzes or games, quick tidy up in the kitchen if needed, start throwing lunches together for the day then feed the dogs. That usually fills in 10-15 minutes allowing time for the Breville DB to heat up and I can get onto making myself a flat white. Enjoy the flattie. Then my day can begin in earnest.
Another beautiful piece of well written stackage. Superb quotes. The rushing towards death comment really resonates; becoming slow enough to process and savour each moment is fast becoming my guiding inspiration for 2025. The world needed this post in lieu of how triggering so much of the external world is becoming. I shall continue to make my morning wake up times sacred and spesh.
I'm glad that I took the time this morning to just sit with my coffee before entering the cyber world - as the first two notifications on my screen were horrific in their context: David Farrier: "If it looks like a Nazi, and quacks like a Nazi" and Carole Cadwalladar: "Seig heil Tesla." Both great substacks, referencing and reporting on Elon Musk's Nazi salute.
I'm so glad my brain had properly processed the day before ripping into those - cos that's pretty cooked.
Get up when I wake up (never set an alarm unless I’m on a ‘red-eye’ flight and never snooze/doze on weekdays), go out to the kitchen and turn on the espresso machine, usually after putting on some pants (but not always). Do Wordle and maybe one or two other daily quizzes or games, quick tidy up in the kitchen if needed, start throwing lunches together for the day then feed the dogs. That usually fills in 10-15 minutes allowing time for the Breville DB to heat up and I can get onto making myself a flat white. Enjoy the flattie. Then my day can begin in earnest.
Love that - such a great way to easy into the day. Love the quizzes to really get the brain working.
Pants optional, of course.
Another beautiful piece of well written stackage. Superb quotes. The rushing towards death comment really resonates; becoming slow enough to process and savour each moment is fast becoming my guiding inspiration for 2025. The world needed this post in lieu of how triggering so much of the external world is becoming. I shall continue to make my morning wake up times sacred and spesh.
Kia ora my bro and welcome back to New Zealand.
I'm glad that I took the time this morning to just sit with my coffee before entering the cyber world - as the first two notifications on my screen were horrific in their context: David Farrier: "If it looks like a Nazi, and quacks like a Nazi" and Carole Cadwalladar: "Seig heil Tesla." Both great substacks, referencing and reporting on Elon Musk's Nazi salute.
I'm so glad my brain had properly processed the day before ripping into those - cos that's pretty cooked.