This is the first post in a series called "Why I..." in which I explain why I do certain things that might seem irrational given my current lack of any real income.
Starting off my day with one or two giant cups of coffee really makes me happy. I started drinking it back when I was in college, and boy do I really love it. Not just the caffeine kick, but the whole experience. Making it, the smell, the first sip. Its a major part of my morning routine.
As any coffee drinker knows, the economics of coffee can get pritaaaay pritaaay scary (quick sidebar: how does one type in a Larry David voice? Any suggestions are strongly encouraged). Lets crunch some numbers: If you buy 1 cup per day, each day of the year, and the average cup of coffee costs $3 than you've spent a staggering $1,095 dollars on coffee in a year. Now, I don't know how to multiply a number that I just multiplied other numbers to get to, but if you drink, more than one cup of coffee a day, that yearly number starts to get bigger.
So, where does this leave me? My coffee is not a compromise I'm willing to make. I'll crash on someone's floor or eat ramen noodles for a week, but keep your dirty f'in hands off my coffee.
And its not just that I want coffee, I want GOOD coffee. And since I'm already saving a buttload of money by home-brewing, I'm gunna spend some of that money on a bag of excellent coffee beans. And really, its not that much money. After conducting extensive market research, and by that I mean, remembering things, I've found that Dunkin Donuts beans cost around $8.99/lb, the same amount of vastly superior Stumptown or intelligensia beans cost roughly $15/lb. So really, when I'm drinking several cups of the stuff a day, I'm still saving potentially thousands of dollars a year by using the good stuff.
To connect this to something bigger, right now when things have the potential to get bleak, treating yourself well is probably the most important thing you can do. And for me, that means a delicious cup of hot french-pressed Stumptown Holler Mountain coffee (half + half, no sugar) each morning.
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