Milk, no sugar.

"It's been a long day," said me every afternoon for the past 5 years, and I'll probably say it for the rest of my life. I'm just so busy, not necessarily proactive, but constantly doing something or listing things that I have to do. At the end of it all, my brain is a McDonald's burger and my body a packet of fries. And so, I do what I do every time I feel a breakdown approaching.
I make myself a cuppa tea.
Not just any tea, it has to be Earl Grey or Vanilla Rooibos. And a rusk on the side (they have seeds... technically they're healthy, right?) And I sit. And I ponder. And I write and dream and think about him, or the dishes in the sink that need a wash, or the fact that today was actually beautiful but I spent the hours stressing over the hours as they passed.

This is why I'm here. To sip my tea and discover 3 things that were beautiful today, or 3 things I should have done, shouldn't have ignored. Basically, to analyse how much attention I paid to the leaves underfoot and the girl that smiled at me over the counter. It's all about adjusting my perspective and forcing myself to see the world, not just look.

Now, I'm going to make myself a cuppa tea with the little milk I have left, and try to reflect on what made today splendid, so that tomorrow I'll bask in it with the abandonment of a tea bag in hot water.

Welcome to the teapot factory.

Thursday, 21 April 2016

Day 8

Adventures and friends and clean linen. 3 of my favourite things.

1. New friends. I love it when I meet someone, and we have this instant connection. They crack a joke, I crack a joke, we both get the jokes. Honestly, for me a really weird sense of humour is probably the foundation of all my friendships. Without that, there's nothing to connect us. My friends are all so different, there's nothing in common besides our humour. So meeting someone who shares my perspective, who finds old Disney Movies hilarious and sad all at the same time really is a rare feat that I have come to treasure. Here's to new friends, new memories, new adventures.

2. What's better than clean linen? The warm, straight, fresh sheets and fluffy pillow just make the dreams that much more delicious. And the mornings that much more difficult.

3. Spontaneous adventures. My boyfriend, his friends and I decided to spontaneously take a trip outside our town last night. It was the most epic drive, listening to some beautiful music and keeping some great conversation. The city lights flickered in the distance and the moon whispered to us from above. I could feel the magic of the night. It was a spectacular little night.

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