I have a big deadline looming and it has required some long days. Those long days became an early rising today and as I stood in front of my coffee maker, ruminating on what a lovely coffee maker it is, I thought to myself, "make sure you get the right mug."
One cannot underestimate the importance of a good mug for coffee at 2:30 in the morning. The instinct might be to pick a big one. Holds more coffee. If one is up at this hour working, one needs fuel to keep oneself on track. The danger however is that the coffee gets cold too soon. Then where are we? Running down to the kitchen to microwave it and who wants that? One might select a small mug, with idea that frequent trips to the coffee maker will keep one alert. This, too, is not the right choice, for one has to run to the kitchen all those times. And we know the key to successful writing is sitting in the chair and actually writing. No, this morning, I needed a moderately big mug, without being excessive to buoy this industrious soul along.
So, in the wee hours of the morning, I chose this one:
What makes this one nice (and comforting) is that it has been with us (my Beloved Husband and I) for many years. I used this mug many a late/early night/morning when completing my dissertation, compiling notes for lectures, and correcting papers. As I have mentioned in a previous post, I have emotional connections to things like mugs and I enjoy the experience of coffee, just as much as the caffeine boost. Another helpful quality is the size of the handle. My hand fits, just so:
And so, I made the right choice as is evident from not only these pictures, but the number of pages I wrote.
One cannot underestimate the importance of a good mug for coffee at 2:30 in the morning. The instinct might be to pick a big one. Holds more coffee. If one is up at this hour working, one needs fuel to keep oneself on track. The danger however is that the coffee gets cold too soon. Then where are we? Running down to the kitchen to microwave it and who wants that? One might select a small mug, with idea that frequent trips to the coffee maker will keep one alert. This, too, is not the right choice, for one has to run to the kitchen all those times. And we know the key to successful writing is sitting in the chair and actually writing. No, this morning, I needed a moderately big mug, without being excessive to buoy this industrious soul along.
So, in the wee hours of the morning, I chose this one:
What makes this one nice (and comforting) is that it has been with us (my Beloved Husband and I) for many years. I used this mug many a late/early night/morning when completing my dissertation, compiling notes for lectures, and correcting papers. As I have mentioned in a previous post, I have emotional connections to things like mugs and I enjoy the experience of coffee, just as much as the caffeine boost. Another helpful quality is the size of the handle. My hand fits, just so:
And so, I made the right choice as is evident from not only these pictures, but the number of pages I wrote.
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