Bad days are inevitable. Can you stay productive when you’re having one?

Some days, of course, everything goes right.

You wake up energized, the sun is shining bright in a cloudless sky, and your coffee’s ready just as your toast pops up.

You’re motivated and fired up! You’re super productive all day, plowing through your to-do list with ease. Nothing can best you.

Other days, everything goes wrong. You don’t get much sleep, the sky is grey, and the ground is muddy. Your morning routine falls apart. You spill your coffee all over your toast, and things just get worse from there. By 10:00 AM, what little motivation you had has dissipated and you’re tempted to write the day off.

Occasionally, I’ll write about a topic that interests me but falls outside the normal scope of this blog. I hope you find this article to be a refreshing change of pace, and the usual content will return soon. Thanks!

We talked last time about why coffee drinkers should roast their own coffee beans, and we went over three reasons:

1. Freshness. Most store-bought coffee is over a week old, which means it’s stale.
2. Cost. High-quality commercially-roasted coffee can cost over $20/pound, whereas roasting coffee at home costs around $7/pound.
3. Satisfaction. It just feels good to do things yourself.

Okay, so you’re intrigued. “I like coffee,” you say, sipping your coffee. “Tell me more. [slurp]”

Occasionally, I’ll write about a topic that interests me but falls outside the normal scope of this blog. I hope you find this article to be a refreshing change of pace, and the usual content will return soon. Thanks!

Here is something I bet no one has ever said to you before:

If you enjoy good coffee, you should consider roasting your own coffee beans.

You might not have even known that home roasting is a thing, but it totally is. It’s a fantastic hobby, in fact. Let’s break down why.

This blog is getting harder to write.

I’ve been at it for a few weeks now, and it’s not new and fun anymore. In fact, it’s starting to feel suspiciously like work.

The honeymoon is over, and the slog has begun.

I welcome this change. Now is when it starts to count.

Starting Is Necessary but Not Sufficient

A lot of people start a lot of things, and since scarcity creates value, this means that simply starting things isn’t particularly valuable. There’s no shortage of it.

"To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, whom could I ask?" -Jim Rohn

I don’t know about you, but I give my problems way too much credit.

I tend to think that whatever’s wrong right now will always be wrong, and there’s nothing I can do about it, and it’s too big to change anyway so why bother trying?