This post, I think, shall be the progenitor of all things that calls for my own sweet demands and idyllic wishes that I’d like for the holiday season; and yes, I know, I am not much of a dubious little fiend who would bombard good old friends with text messages or Facebook PMs hankering for attention just so I could get any gift I want but of course, I can dream of charity wells springing across town so I may eventually acquire what I fancy, right?
Now, since the holidays are now forthcoming with all them jingle bell carols and churches opening their doors for dawn masses, likewise with fireworks lighting up the sky every New Years’ Eve (so much for the litany) I might desire to have something that might set my year straight. Since I am not so much of a spanking spic-and-span sort of individual but very much obsessed with the untidy—in terms of managing my daily affairs, that is—I need to have something to get me by through all the diversities of responsibilities as well as menacing job-related endeavours. In the same manner am I not a person easily spurred when in a circumstance of much-needed attention: sometimes details escape me that I end up remembering only a word’s three final syllables, regardless of 1,500 of the original piece. True enough, I don’t register that much except that of imaginings that dabble on far-fetched fantasies of wealth worthy enough to make Snow White blush (Oh wait, she dreamt of a prince and not wealth; I didn’t see that coming). Anyhow, my singular point is this: I am a tad bit more disorderly than many people whether in terms of the concrete and abstract so I need a notebook with calendars in it so I could scribble some markings indicating with precision those exact times I ought to shower. In short, I need a planner.
But, hurrah for that since I found a perfect solution to the problem—a planner at the expense of 12 drinks available only at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, which I should say has such coffee that matches my personality (if there’s such a thing). In order to take a good rendering of what the heck I am talking about, here they are:
Aren’t they classy and grand? All one has to do is collect the entire roster of the needed 12 stamps from certain “genres” of drinks and you’re all set. Problem about this, though, is the money whereby I might procure even just one: I don’t have any. I am penniless since I live in penury most of the time, no thanks to a deep-seated resentment my body has towards jobs that make me brain-dead. But of course, I won’t force my friends to give me one because I definitely have to mind my own penury business such that I would, in the long run, have a car and a mansion that would hold more cars and cats in it (as if that would happen). Nonetheless, with all the punitive attempt at humour I have been facilitating until the last sentence prior to this one, I could only say that having the planner might be something that could summon me from my misery. Seriously, I have been in a slump for quite a while now that a respite is badly needed. Having the journal might be salvation personified.
Therefore, regardless whether I have the money or not, it still is worthwhile to dream of any of the featured planners in the above image I snagged from the official website. Hopefully, someday, a surprise is waiting that beholding (and owning) a CBTL planner once and for all may not be too impossible as it seems. And oh, before I forget: all proceeds from purchases has some percentage to be donated to the Real Life Foundation which sponsors financially-challenged students to make their way through college.
To culminate, you may indulge yourself to read the entire mechanics and some other additional information about the Brew Your Best Year planner through the official page at http://brewyourbestyear.com and the official announcement page at http://brewyourbestyear.com/articles/giving-flavorfully-with-the-coffee-bean/.
Advanced happy holidays everyone. Have a nice sip of coffee while enjoying the holiday vibe.
omg!! I WANT ONE TOO!!! We are journal fans, aren’t we?
Oh yes indeed we are! So, high five to us and our journal fanaticism (which is, in fact, a good thing… I reckon so) 😀
I love The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf for doing a partnership with a charity.
Yes, I laud their efforts a lot. God bless CBTL. 🙂