The Power of Choosing Your Morning Mug

I’m a slave to indecision; and I love it.

When you get up in the morning, brew your morning coffee or steep your English Breakfast, how do you choose which mug to use?

Do you use the same one everyday, or do you use one that fits how you’re feeling that morning? (Please comment, I’d love to hear your routine.)

It’s a decision I slave over every morning. Why? Because I don’t want to choose wrong — that would be disastrous. Many a brew have I grabbed green when I totally felt blue, or chose a thin build when I totally felt thick. I get the feeling like I’m wearing brown shoes with matching brown trousers. I look like a gingerbread man for Christ’s sake.

Maybe you think I’m crazy. Maybe you fit into one of the rare breeds that don’t drink anything in the morning. If this is the case, how do you decide what to wear? Have you ever felt limited or frustrated when you travel and are forced to wear certain things at certain times? If you have, join the club, you are no longer alone (if you don’t travel and don’t drink anything in the morning, stop reading, you’re not human). We are the people I like to call: The Particular Patties.

People are particular. It is part of what makes us human is that we want to personalize everything — to an obnoxious level. Not only are we careful about what we personalize but who we personalize with.

This can be witnessed in a relationship when you get transported from the innocent bystander downstairs who gets to be pleasantly surprised by your signifigant other’s outfit to becoming part of the hotbed process of “What do you think?” These shoes or these shoes? This tie or this tie? And as everyone knows who has been in a relationship to get to this stage: you can choose wrong. If you get asked into the holy service decision of a Particular Patty you better recognize the invitation and have a well-crafted response. But that’s only because it matters.

It’s one of the greatest things that makes us human. We want our own lives. And we want these people to have a stake in it as well. The further we get from the norm and the more people we can bring with us, the more we feel unique, loved and all around happy.

So you ask that girlfriend about that fifth tie option and you take that extra fifteen minutes to choose that mug. Who gives a shit if it’s not logical, we’re not logical beings. It’s your life, personalize it like you want it.