Tea in the morning

One of my favorite mugs,
a gift from my son.

I chose to buy tea over coffee yesterday, and almost didn’t notice. A rather subtle yet significant change in my lifestyle. I have become quite fond of strong black tea in the mornings, usually the English breakfast teas or similar. This is a good thing, as it is less caffeine overall. I still enjoy coffee of course, it's now only an occasional indulgence. 

I am up early today, I woke up around 3 something and finally decided to just start writing, after almost tumbling into the Netflix abyss to watch Peaky Blinders. So here I am, writing my first post of the month at 6am.

Earlier this year, I wrote about how this year began for me as 'in like a lion' -- within the first week or so of January, I finally followed through on a several year old goal to learn how to box (very therapeutic). Shortly thereafter, life started throwing punches fast and jagged. It helps me to remember that strength is born from adversity, but it would be rather nice if we could catch a bit more relief from all the hardship. So I guess I will keep up the boxing training.

But first, tea.