Toe curling delight

I gave a corporate keynote speech at a conference a couple of weeks ago and one of the other speakers said something I’ve been thinking about ever since. She was talking about the moment in your day you love most. The one that makes you happiest. Makes you exhale. Feel grounded. Curl your toes with delight. Something that’s part of your everyday routine.

For her, she said it was the moment she got into her office each day at 7:30am when she had her latte and raisin toast at her desk. Nobody else was around and she got to drink that coffee and eat that toast while getting ready for her day. It only lasted a few minutes and she didn’t even realise how important it was to her. Until it was gone. When she had a baby and took maternity leave, she found herself getting stressed and falling into a hole. When she tried to work out what it was that was missing, she realised it was her morning moment with her raisin toast and latte. Suddenly, she was lucky if she grabbed something to eat by lunchtime and never in peace.

Curling toes.

When she explained this to her husband, he very sweetly bought her a cappuccino machine. She was touched but it only helped her realise that is wasn’t the toast and coffee itself, it was those moments of solitude while having her breakfast. It was also the fact that someone else had made it.

Having worked that out, she better understood what she needed and was in a better position to try and make it happen.

She spoke to the audience about identifying which moment in your day makes you give that little inward sigh of pleasure.

For me, I’d say it would be that first cup of tea in the morning, preferably while sitting down for 60 seconds to check twitter and the papers on my phone.

What’s the moment in your day you most look forward to?

[images by Princess Cy ]