Starting The Day Right

One of the best way to start the day is definitely drinking a delightful cup of coffee, and for me, the ultimate choice is Starbucks, which often laced with sugar and hidden calories. With all the extra calories and sugar, I was set for the day leaving me happy and less likely to eat anything else throughout the day. It had been a while since I had Starbucks and the other day, it was such a treat.

Yesterday, I saw this content on X a former employee sharing Starbucks recipe and if you’re interested, the link is here. I mean, it’s a way to elevate your coffee if you’re making it at home. For example, I often purchase the beans from Starbucks and more often than not, for basic coffee, it tastes pretty similar. Although there are recipes that I was dying to know such as their peppermint mocha. Thanks to that pictures, now I know the best way to recreate the magic of Starbucks.

I also paired them with their truffle cheese foccacia. It seems like it is their seasonal menu although I hope they would keep it for long because it was just that good and filling. This is going to be a random recollection of my “monkey” brain where I would talk about content, to spirituality, to my current video games addiction.

Lately, I have been interested in to find what works best on hive when it comes to blogging. Despite having been here for years, I am always open to experimentation. From scheduling to content creation, to even the way for me approaching content itself. Last month, on average I churned out 2-3 posts/day. However, the quality suffers quite a bit and I wasn’t entirely satisfied about it after a while. While recently, I switched things up and started to posting just once a day; it made a significant difference.

Now, I try to focus on one thing a day and dedicating 2 hours brainstorming and writing about the content and crafting them well. It was a lot more effort than if I were to make 2-3 posts/day. As result, I could go in-depth into the topic and picked the right words to integrate. I was also a lot more happier with what I was producing instead feeling like I was exhausting my brain as well as energy to write things that perhaps, I could care less. It impacted the way I see content itself and my personal satisfaction. Rather than focusing on quantity, I am much happier when I could focus on quality. It also makes me less into FOMO and just start my day without much of worry.

These days, every morning I would sit down and journal. I also listen to a YouTube channel, Buddhism in English which has interesting outlook on how to navigate life. It certainly didn’t answer all of mine but it was refreshing hearing out the advice. There are some Buddhism principle that I have applied in my life because they simply makes sense. Same with some Christian ethics especially their approach on work which also resonated with my way of living.

Recently, I have been addicted playing video games. In fact, I found it hard to stick with the time that I was scheduling as well as the play time with my friend. For most of us, the weekend seemed like a good way to do it but to me, these days instead of making my coffee, I would check out the video game :D before anything else. I am trying to combat it by giving myself 2 hours and then do something that needs to be done. Among my addiction, usually video game is the easiest one to combat. Anyhow, that’s about it on my day today. I am sure my brain would work better tomorrow or the next day. Have a great weekend ahead!