the coffee wasn't just about the coffee

When the pandemic hit, we learned that that coffee wasn't just about the coffee. It was about everything that went with it. The step away from work. The conversation with the barista. And seeing the sights along our way to our favorite cafe.

These days while in too many meetings I think about how work relationships were more than just about the work. It is quite difficult to maintain and grow professional relationships when every interaction is topic and time stamped with some professional function,

Maybe this is why a lot of meetings are so unproductive. Maybe why so many are willing tolerate having "purposeless" meetings. Because we are missing something deeply that once was.
There's so much to everything. While getting a 
coffee
at the 
cafe
 it's also about the trees that we see and the moving of our legs. so much to it.
2022-01-17 03:05:37