Today was one of those great days for me.
A break in routine. A change up of the familiar. I had a day off from work. Initially I wanted to stay in bed. Catch up on as much sleep as possible (which we know isn’t possible). Get up late, spend the day drinking coffee and doing this I usually don’t have the option to do.
After some consideration and the fact that I needed a haircut I decided to head into town. But with a minor set of changes to my standard routine.
- Slept until 7:50am. Usually up at 4:40am.
- Cycled into town at a leisurely pace. Usually I speed in while dodging people in their steel cages with wheels.
After getting a haircut I went for a cup of coffee. As I left the barbershop I found this cool doormat in front of the business. The owner is from Algeria if I’m not mistaken and has a really chilled vibe to him.
While having my coffee I spent some time scribbling and people watching. Looking at people going about their day-to-day is something I enjoy. As someone who is reserved and not too ‘extroverted’ this helps me understand people.
I have written this elsewhere but if you need to brush up your people skills, want to understand people better or just want to marvel at humanity then go into retail. You will learn quite a lot about yourself as well.
Here are some of the scribbles I made while drinking my coffee.
“The hustle of a coffeeshop. People in and out going about their day. Ambient music in the background designed to make you spend more. This is a far cry from the barbershop where I just spent about 13 minutes. Quiet. Just the noise of the electric trimmer turning me into a presentable human being.”
While I sat down there was a mother and young son having breakfast. He kept taking food from her plate and when he caught my eye I waved to him. He got shy fairly quickly and ducked under the table much to his mother’s delight. After finishing their breakfast they had the remained of the breakfast packed into a doggy bag and left the shop.
“turn
short
splashes
into
longer
pieces”
The piece above is more focused on my writing. Take the short pieces I write and expand them into things which have a bit more meaning. Write more descriptively and write more personally.
As I finish this post the clock says almost 2 pm. It’s been a relaxing day and I hope to take much of these ideas into the weekend as I try to get my writing back on track.
As always, thanks for reading : )