Me: I own a coffee shop.
Also me: I own a Keurig.
“You own a coffee shop and you drink Keurig coffee at home?”
Sure do.
Because my life is built around one guiding principle:
Easy wins.
I spend a lot of time thinking about ways to make my life easier, not harder.
Somewhere along the way, many of us decided that if something is simple, convenient, or requires fewer steps, we must be doing it wrong.
As if suffering somehow improves the coffee.
It does not.
Here’s the reality:
I am the only coffee drinker in my house.
A whole pot of coffee is not practical.
More importantly, a whole pot of coffee is not safe for me.
Because if there is a whole pot of coffee sitting on my counter, I am apparently contractually obligated to drink the entire thing.
Every last cup.
And while I appreciate ambition, four or five cups of coffee before noon starts to feel less like a morning ritual and more like a hostage situation.
Then there’s the espresso machine.
Again, yes, I have access to one of those too.
But if I made espresso drinks at home every morning, I know exactly what would happen.
One latte would become two.
Two would become three.
By noon I would have consumed approximately a gallon of whole milk and enough espresso to hear colors.
Excellent for calcium intake.
Less ideal for the waistline.
The Keurig solves all of this.
One cup.
One decision.
Done.
No waste.
No temptation.
No math.
No dishes.
Just enough coffee to sit on the porch, watch the birds argue with each other, and convince myself I have my life together for at least twenty minutes.
I’ve reached the age where optimization has become far less interesting to me than sustainability.
The best system isn’t the most impressive one.
It’s the one you’ll actually use.
The best workout is the one you’ll keep doing.
The best planner is the one you’ll keep opening.
The best budgeting app is the one you’ll keep checking.
And sometimes the best coffee setup is the one that removes three unnecessary decisions before you’ve even had caffeine.
Could I grind fresh beans every morning?
Absolutely.
Would it make me happier?
Honestly, probably not.
My life has gotten considerably better since I stopped asking every system in it to be aspirational and started asking whether it was helpful.
The Keurig passes the test.
And yes, even coffee shop owners are allowed to choose convenience.
Especially coffee shop owners.
Things I Love
My Keurig earns a permanent spot in this collection because it quietly solves a problem every single day.
That’s become one of my favorite criteria for favorite things:
Would I replace it immediately if it disappeared tomorrow?
This one wouldn’t even make it to sunset.
