I like this moment.

I skipped out on my weekly ritual. (Gathering with friends of my church for dinner and good talks.)

I have been super drained from the all the emotions I have been rummaging through. The writing is what is keeping me sane. 

But I just needed some rest today. To not be just going through the motions of life. 

I’m trying to reestablish my footing. Make choices. Decide on things. Not just move from side to side as the wind blows. 

So, I skipped today, by choice and find myself sitting, at a quite coffee shop. A quick drive from my house, sipping tea. It’s my favorite place for tea, as they have a huge list and are good a steeping and mixing. 

This feels good. Resting at a coffee shop, writing on my computer. Drinking tea. This is good. Something I like. 

There’s a warm feeling I have, hah, maybe it’s just the tea going down! But I’ll mark this as something I know I like. #findingmylikes

I did this same thing yesterday, went to a shop and wrote. So it’s on my list, this should be a thing I do!

(Ok, really, I knew I liked coffee shops, but now I am professing it and now I know why! It’s the music that feels like it’s speaking to your soul <currently Sylvan Esso>, it’s the dim lighting, it’ the hard chairs at hard tables and low, low couches. And the smell of burnt beans, it’s the florescent light highlighting the bottled drinks in the corner, its the people coming in and out as the door chimes. Coffee shops give you this feeling that you could instantly be in touch with the whole world if you just spoke to the person sitting next to you. And if you are there long enough there will be multiple people to meet. Maybe this is why people like working as baristas… so many people! And they, we are all doing something, writing, talking, searching, dating, drinking, working, smiling, crying, hearing, smelling, wishing, we are living.) Day 10