Stay Feral and Do What You Love

Well… I did it.

I overcame the morning inertia and made it to the new coffee shop.

Did I want to?
Eh, I fought it.

The self-talk was in full force:
“Ah, come on… one cup of coffee at home won’t hurt.”
“Just finish that YouTube video from last night.”
“You really want to walk that far to a place you’ve never been? What if it sucks?”

On and on it went.

I got out of bed, got dressed, made the bed, drank a little water… and right about then, inertia really tried to dig its claws in.

So I negotiated.

“Fine. It’s still dark. Take a coffee in your leftover to go cup. And hey—knock out your goal tracking and personal finance stuff first.”

Next thing I know, it’s 7:10am.

Keys. Door. Gone.

And now I’m here… writing this.

I was planning to come back to something more “on brand” today—lifestyle design, personal finance, something like that.

But honestly?

This is both.

Because you can have the vision.
You can have the money.
But if you don’t take action… none of it matters.

My lifestyle design right now has two main threads.

One is the touring musician path—balanced with time for writing, rehearsing, and recording.

The second is what I call my Back On Campus lifestyle.

What I did this morning? That’s part of that second one.

I wanted to live in the middle of things—restaurants, coffee shops, music venues, people.
Check. Done. Love it.

I wanted to be able to walk or bike to most places.
Check.

And I wanted to become a regular at a few places.
Oof… that’s where I’ve been missing.

Why?

Two reasons.

First, I’m too mission-driven. I don’t naturally go sit somewhere unless there’s a “point.”

Second, I hate spending money on things I don’t need… or could easily do at home.

Coffee? At home.
Food? At home.
Drink? Don’t need it (and I don’t want to drink alone anyway, just socially).

So I don’t go.

And then I wonder why I’m not “out in the world” more.

This blog—ironically—is helping fix that.

Because now there is a point.

This particular coffee shop is perfectly placed. A little further away. Great walk. Nice part of the city. There’s even a philosophy group that meets here that I’ve been curious about.

So now?

Walk + environment + writing + potential connection…

That’s a win across the board.

And sometimes, that’s all it takes:

“Just go do it, dude. See what happens.”

On the walk over, I hit every green light. Rare.

Walked in… and there’s a shirt by the window that says:

Stay Feral.

Which made me laugh, because earlier this week I was talking about Feral The Earthworm and “Do What I Love.”

Alright… message received.

The place is great. Staff is great. Coffee is solid. Price is reasonable. The walk was energizing.

And still…

Right on cue…

The unhelpful narrative shows up:

“You’re leaving in a few weeks… what’s the point of becoming a regular now?”
“You should’ve done this earlier.”
“You’re not meeting anyone—you’re just a guy sitting alone typing on his phone.”

Mmm.

Maybe.

But…

Too bad, you silly Unhelpful One.

I’m coming back tomorrow.

So here’s the question for you:

What’s something you know you want to do—
something so simple there’s really no excuse—

…and yet you’re still not doing it?

Maybe today’s the day you just go.

Stay feral.

And do what you love.