It is a serious science that not many people can truly master. Maybe it is on the same level as nuclear physics or biomedicine, molecular biology, chemistry, astronomy, you name it... or maybe you will just laugh out now (or be annoyed with me - the latter is more likely to happen) if I say that the complicated and challenging thing I am talking about is the science labeled as sit and rest and do nothing. This subject is really, really hard to learn for some people, including me.
A few days ago, I dug out the little electric coffee grinder from the kitchen cupboard that I "inherited" with the apartment. I bought a huge pack of roasted coffee beans, and with a big smile on my face, I decided that from now on, I would grind my own coffee before preparing it so that it would always be fresh. Oh, what happiness when I poured the coffee beans into the electric grinder, closed the lid of it and heard that familiar sound of the small engine and the rolling of those delicious beans in the machine during their process of being broken, ground and turned into powder. A real coffee bean carousel.
That ground coffee still needs to suffer a bit have some fun before it can give you its delicious aroma in its liquid form. It needs to take a bath in boiled water and then be mixed with cold milk. For me, it's the perfect combination, and what kind of a Hiver would I be if I didn't drink my coffee out of a mug like this?
But here is where my issue starts. Sit on the couch and slowly sip a cup of coffee, read a magazine or leaf through a booklet of Spanish beaches...? Perfect, isn't it? Imagination is not a problem; I can handle it, but it is not the real me who would be there on the beach... and the thing of just resting and enjoying, as if the consequences won't take their toll?
Oh, those voices of conscience! And so my yesterday's coffee time turned into a search for any affordable private clinic where I could get the medical service I needed, writing e-mails to my tax accountant asking her if everything was fine with my presented income tax return, searching and buying a wedding gift for the daughter of someone who is not really appreciating me anymore, filling out student report cards (for the very last time!!!), cooking, driving, working, driving back and just like magic - time (my whole day) disappeared. 😂
If only I knew how I could sit and do nothing when there are always so many things to do? Be honest and share your wisdom with me - you guys can do that indeed?
Nah, maybe I am not good for that. 😂 But, as I already mentioned the gift I was searching for... I found something (after ditching towel sets, bedding sets, cutlery, etc) in a flower shop. It is the plant wrapped in the yellow gift paper. I am happy with it as I like plants; whether the person who receives this little detail as a surprise will like it or not is no longer under my control. Still, I hope the green plant will live a long life 🌱 and maybe these days, when I get a bit more free time, I will learn how to drink my coffee without doing anything else at the same time! ☕️
