I haven't had a good cup of coffee at Starbucks in years, probably since their massive expansions when Starbucks became less of a treat and more like an omnipresent reminder that we are settling for less. At some point, the pride taken in each cup of coffee turned into a factory line production of sub-par beverages and experiences.
What's worse about inspiration and passion being squeezed out of the coffee-making? That we still stand in long lines waiting for our cup of mediocrity. Why do we do it?
Convenience, mostly. And bad habit.
When you start to do things en masse or by rote, some of the delightful and meaningful aspects of what you are doing can be gradually - or abruptly - eliminated. You can apply that to anything you're doing in your life or your work.
Think of how you are using social media in your communications and interactions. Do you have a checklist, a daily calendar, an automated tool, and some theories that there are formulas to your conversations? Stop what you are doing, take a deep breath, and rethink your approach.
We are human beings wanting to connect. And eventually, we will get wise to the burnt coffee you're serving up as fresh.
How are you keeping it fresh and real?
love this. just seeing it. keeping it fresh and real by blogging what's on my mind and how i'm thinking through it right then and there. my work is practicing managing thoughts...healing the muck ones living the true ones. the more i try to plan posts, it's too passe and too in the past. so in honoring all things in real time, so too are my posts simpler now and in real time, right on facebook. and as always with me....for the right now. :) good reminder to nudge thought, keep it awake, alert, and applicable to the right now this moment. ;)
Posted by: Tre ~ (@thoughtbythought) | December 27, 2011 at 10:49 PM