[pauletienney]

Father of three here. I also enjoy very much this moment of the day, the calm before the storm. It was a real motivation to wake up a bit earlier.

One day, I decided to stop coffee for some weeks. My motivation to wake up before my kids vanished in a few days. I was quite surprised since it used to be a real pleasure. I guess the ritual part was much less important than the coffee chemical role.

I got back to coffe quite rapidly.

[dotancohen]

Did you just remove the warm drink part of the ritual or did you replace the coffee with another warm drink? This could be the big difference you were missing.

[teekert]

This is the big question in this comment indeed

[baxtr]

For me, it’s the reward after the storm – once everyone has gone I sit there and enjoy my coffee.