“What I Learned From Writing in a Coffee Shop” Inspired by Busboys and Poets

I always wondered

what it would be like to

sit in a coffee shop and just write

what I was feeling down on paper.

It would surely feel much different than

sitting at home on my bed,

alone in my room,

listening to a writing playlist,

and typing out my thoughts

on my computer,

right?

Wrong.

Although I do feel creative

sitting in this coffee shop,

doing all these standard “coffee shop things”

that one does when writing there,

I realize that sometimes

I produce better work when I am

sitting at home on my bed,

alone in my room,

listening to a writing playlist,

and typing out my thoughts

on my computer.

From this, I learned

do not let your beliefs

of pretentious writer stereotypes

let you down

if you do not live up to them,

because sometimes,

we do produce our best work when we are

sitting at home on our beds,

alone in our rooms,

listening to a writing playlist,

and typing out our thoughts

on our computers.