Reading and Drinking Coffee

Basia Najarro Skudrzyk
3 min readApr 7, 2021
Enjoying a cup of great brew with a book.

I have a strong belief that everything you need to know you can find in a book. Sure, a quick google search will do the trick to give you a peripheral frame of what to learn. However, picking up a book, touching its pages and having the time to truly reflect and receive an acute awareness provides a platform of learning like no other. I’m sure we all have received some type of life wisdom from non-fiction/”self-help” books. It’s not just these types of books that can uncover a truth that connects to the feelings and emotions you have. We often look to movies for this too.

I typically enjoy reading a book complimented with a nice strong cup of coffee. The smell and aroma completely compliment the feeling of presence and exploring a new world and thought process as you navigate from page to page. There are some really awful books out there. However, we can learn from them too.

What we read now is a manifesto of sorts. In times like this, we need to read more than ever to truly understand versus judge. Many of us overschedule our days and tend to complain about how busy we are. We have many connections, but when was the last time we had quality time with a best friend? Emails…social media…so much noise…no time…no quality to enjoy life for what it’s worth.

Books are perfectly suited to help us change our relationship to the patterns and habits of…

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Basia Najarro Skudrzyk
Basia Najarro Skudrzyk

Written by Basia Najarro Skudrzyk

Workforce development leader, loves education, cooking & travel; author, with a marketing, organizational behavior & international public relations background.

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