Hello there, coffee lovers!
During the weeks I do not get to go out for coffee with anyone, I just spend the whole 7 days drinking the homebrew. It is just regular coffee from the pot. The coffee-maker is new, though. The last one broke down after only two years. I gotta to say it lasted longer than expected.
Having a coffee to start the day is even more important during the busy days of workshop duties. When there are projects to complete, fuel is necessary. When these projects are not personal ones, it is even more important.
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Thus I will not start working before I have had my cup of coffee. It would also be a safety hazard. If you are bound to work with pointy and sharp things that can cut yourself, you might as well be awake and ready to face the task at hand. So having the cup of coffee is not only something I enjoy, but a way to protect myself from any accidental harm. I count that as a win-win scenario.
Last week has been particularly busy, well, I should count that from last Friday when I started to get 8 hours of work in the workshop. This is to make full use of the hours of light in the day. So my work would start after exercise and breakfast and finish around 5 when the light starts getting dim. It has done wonders to get the projects to their last stages. I have already delivered one of them. I am still missing the important parts of a build that is about to be closed off today. The other one is waiting to get its first coat of sealer.
The important thing here is that there is a time for a coffee break during the whole 8 hours of work. Having this time to let my mind and body be at ease and recharge some much needed caffeine is way to also tackle the difficulties that may arise from the project tasks. For example, on Thursday, my side bender broke down. It was a short circuit issue. I was looking for ways to make a new and more elegant one. However, after getting some coffee I realized that would have taken too long and I already had the sides of the instrument soaking in water. So this just gave me the idea of removing the switch of the bender. That was the part that had blown sparks. And by just making the necessary adjustments to make it a plug-in plug-out contraption, I managed to finish the task.
I would have not been able to do so without having a break for coffee. And coffee just helped my think straight and solve the issue at hand. Behind my instruments, there are always some cup of coffee. Usually two of them per day, you can make the math. If I take around 8 to 12 weeks to finish a build, 2 cups per day. How much is that? I would say enough coffee!
But we know it is never enough!
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Photos 📷: Redmi Note 13
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Thumbnail 🖼️: Canva.
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Editing 🎬: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
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