I promise you that I have been drinking my black coffee, religiously, every day. I've also visited a few coffee shops, some I've already shown you, others are completely new. The last contest of this community, about the world coffee day, left me with an overdose of caffeine that I used for a week full of work and stress. Finally, I'm a little freer now and I'm back to tell you about my favorite time of the day to visit a coffee shop.
The truth is, my visits to a coffee shop usually have a purpose. For example, I may make an appointment at a coffee shop to meet up with an old friend. I also usually visit them to change my environment during those days when I work from home, so that change of environment gives me a boost of energy and productivity that suits me very well at work. Sometimes, I simply want a coffee, or a small dessert, which will inevitably be accompanied by a coffee. All these activities that I have just mentioned, and many others, have something in common, and that is that I schedule them for the afternoon hours. You may wonder why?
I wake up with a natural energy recharge that I multiply with a cup of black coffee but that allows me to be very productive (in any sense) during the first hours of the day. I use the first block of the day to get all my housework done, write, read, exercise, and even shop. Sometimes my afternoon is free, so it is the ideal time to invite a friend over for coffee, or even to walk around for a while and check out a new coffee shop. Other times (most of the time) I have a lot of work to do, so I can't concentrate from home, I get too sleepy and lazy, and my only motivation to work is to imagine myself working in a nice coffee shop, having a warm drink. So my second batch of work, I usually complete it in the afternoon, accompanied by a good coffee.
A plus of the afternoon, especially the late afternoon, is that the sun says goodbye with a beautiful color. The "golden hour", that magical golden sunset, is very relaxing and beautiful to witness, and I love to organize my time to get back from the coffee shops I visit just at that time. Thus, my body and soul are recharged with a natural energy to finish, happily, the last hours of my day :) I'm not saying it, psychology says it, coffee and sunshine are excellent for boosting your mood.
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