Wednesday Lunch w/ Jayne

Wednesday 12:15pm EST on Instagram

This week’s lunch topic is going to be coffee!!

Here’s a cool historical tidbit

DID YOU KNOW?

According to Google AI, “Coffee originated in the Ethiopian highlands. According to legend, in the 9th century, a goat herder named Kaldi noticed that his goats became “spirited” after eating berries from a certain tree. He ran to a local monastery to tell the monks, who made a brew from the berries and found that it kept them awake at night.”

I didn’t start drinking coffee until last year and now it’s part of my daily routine.

One More Time

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

John C. Maxwell

Is it a secret anymore? I feel like everything I read is saying that small intentional habits done every day are what changes your future. I think it puts the things you can control into your hands. And when you choose to do so, it’s going to make a difference in yourself and those closest to you. Some people call it selfish. The truth us that when you choose to do things daily that increase your quality of life, that is love. That is loving yourself and those around you.

Turn Adapt

“A bend in the road is not the end of the road… unless you fail to make the turn.”

Helen Keller

Not that you have to stay on the road. Your path is your choice, but bends in the road or on your path are bound to happen. I had lots of plans fall to the wayside over the past few years. I didn’t handle it well. I was upset and grumpy about it. I don’t think I had to go through all of that, but now I know, everything will be ok when my plans don’t work out the way I want them to. It changed me, that’s for sure. I’m still the same ambitious planner but this new me is more open to seeing things through and adapting to changes. Who knows what the future will bring. I do know I want the future to come and I’m excited about it.

Coffee Mornings

I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, ‘Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.’

Jim Carrey

I don’t always get up early enough to sit and finish a cup of coffee while while admiring my backyard. But when I can, these mornings bring me joy. When I can take my time to enjoy my surroundings before work, my day feels better. Feels like I’m in touch with myself, my creator, and my inner artist. What’s better than that?

Lunch w/ Jayne

Tomorrow June 21 EST

This is the third lunch with Jayne I’m doing but the first time with no topic. I like having an idea of what to chat about. Thankfully, since this is new, there’s room to grow and try new things. I also like how valuable every comment is at the stage. I’ve noticed the more comments I get, the less time I have to connect with each writer. If there’s one thing I learned at my first job it’s quality over quantity. It feels better when I can take time to value other writers especially if they take time to share their thoughts with me.

Are you on instagram? @jayne_press

Juneteenth

“Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Deriving its name from combining June and nineteenth, it is celebrated on the anniversary of the order by Major General Gordon Granger proclaiming freedom for enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865. Wikipedia

Date: Monday, June 19, 2023

Observed for: 2 years”

Above taken from Wikipedia

Happy Father’s Day!!

I hope all the fathers out there enjoyed their day the best that they could. Well, whether you celebrate today or not, I’m going to leave a quote here from a man Einstein called the Father of Modern Science, Galileo Galilei.

I love the stars too much to be afraid of the night.

https://www.careelite.de/en/galileo-galilei-quotes-sayings/

Next time you feel fear creeping on you, I hope this quote can remind you to look up at the stars.

Cake Decorating Videos

I’ve spent the last couple days obsessed with cake decorating videos. So far, my favs are the ones with tons of flowers on top. I also love the ones with the decorative edges. I don’t know much about cake decorating and I don’t have much of an interest in doing it. However, I admire those who take the time to improve their cake decorating skills. I like to watch, look at, and eat their art. It’s not the same with writing. Nobody really cares about the amount of work you put into details. They don’t want to watch writers add remove and add lines over and over again. They do want the finished product. So that’s good.

Here’s a compilation that got my attention.

Journal Collector

I’m one of those writers who collects journals and writes in them. I want to fill them and replace them with new ones. That is a part of my writers life, to have writing everywhere. Mine, others, quotes, letters, journals, an online cloud filled with poems, thoughts, books, inspo, and all things writing. What about you? Are you more of a blank journal collector or do you write in yours?