JUST MY IMAGINATION

You are craving a coffee and decided to stop by the coffee shop on the corner. And when you are inside, you saw that a bunch of people just sank into their laptops. Nope, you did not just step into the library by mistake. But coffee shops are the new libraries. And not just recently. For many years. I don’t remember how it became normalized to work in a coffee shop but for me, it was since 2016. But why though ? When did we accept them as our workplaces ?  Our homes are perfectly comfortable and have free access to food, coffee, Wi-Fi, and water. Yes, I specifically did mention water because when you ask a barista to fill up your water bottle for the third time before the day ends, it can get quite a bit embarrassing. Have you ever wondered why we are more productive at coffee shops? Or let me ask this again. Are we really productive at coffee shops or are we just pretending because we just love the atmosphere? It cannot be denied that there is a romantic aspect to working in ...

‘ By thirty, you have hopefully grasped that you are possibly not operating from the geographical centre of universe, that life does not always go your way and that you just may, sometimes, (often actually) have to adjust your aims and your expectations and learn to deal with the disappointment that it brings.’* An ordinary day in Winchester. But it is hot, I mean boiling hot. The kind that is around 30 degrees but when you are in the UK, due to the humidity, it feels like 45 degrees. So that's kind of hot. Me and my friends are wandering the streets. Bold move in such weather, maybe. But we are having a good time and that’s what matters. Before going back to our hometown , our last stop is a second-hand bookshop. When I go to a bookstore, I usually check two sections first thing: psychology and self-help books. And sometimes child section- perks of being an auntie. Anyway, I was walking around the shelves and then saw something. ‘The 50 Things: Lessons for When You Feel Lost’....