I Create a Slightly Better Version of Myself at Starbucks Every Weekend

Every Saturday or Sunday morning, I make sure to go to Starbucks. It's my weekend routine. It's an essential part of my life.
With a Grande Starbucks Latte by my side, I spend a little under two hours reviewing the past week, setting goals and tasks for the next, noting down the estimated time for scheduled work in my planner, and writing in my introspection journal.

Here is the planner I'm using this year ↓
The name sounds like it might be a spiritual planner, but the content is strictly practical.

I don't like the cover at all, so I put it in an old Hobonichi Cousin cover.
The neon yellow tambourine pattern feels like vibrant energy bouncing around, and it's still a favorite of mine. I recently realized that I actually quite like flashy things.

This weekend Starbucks time brings rhythm and healing to my daily life.
Opening the page for the week, I praise myself for finishing so many tasks, or I map out actions to achieve next week's goals within the vertical schedule, imagining a version of myself that is a little further ahead than this week, which makes me happy...

I've been asked, 'Why go all the way to Starbucks? Isn't home fine?' but I'm the type who needs to leave the house to write.
I've just vaguely thought, 'Writing in my planner at Starbucks is so productive,' but since this is a good opportunity, let me try to put it into words. The preamble is way too long.

Reasons why I want to write in my planner at Starbucks

There are too many distractions and temptations at home.

The pug sisters are there.
Just as I get into a good flow, a delivery arrives.
My husband starts talking about some super pointless 5ch summary.
The PS5 calls out to me, 'Let's play.'
The Comic Seymour app tempts me with a coupon for BL manga.

I suppose those are my domestic distractions.
All of these are solved by leaving the house. Outside, no deliveries or 5ch summary info reach me. There are no temptations from the pug sisters or the PS5.
Comic Seymour tries to tempt me directly through my smartphone, but since I am a refined housewife who pretends in public, 'BL? I don't know what that is. What is it? Could you explain it to me?', that attack is neutralized when I'm outside.

I don't have to prepare my own drinks.

This is probably because my brain only has about 8 bytes of capacity, but let's say I boil water to make hot tea to accompany my planner time.
Then, while waiting for the water to boil, I start doing something else, forget to make the tea, and end up forgetting about my planner and playing Granblue Fantasy instead.
In that regard, at Starbucks, the partners prepare everything from hot water to tea to coffee, so I can reliably achieve my original goal of writing in my planner.

It's comfortable.

Having written the previous two points, I even thought to myself, 'Doesn't it have to be Starbucks?' but there was a reason why it had to be Starbucks.
First, for independent cafes and coffee shops, I feel like it's a nuisance to stay for a long time alone. Many of them aren't that big, and it's smarter to leave quickly after finishing your drink. You often can't choose the size of the drink either.
Fast food restaurants are often noisy with groups of young customers or happy families, and the smell of french fries fills the air, so it's not an environment where I can concentrate.
In that regard, the Starbucks nearest to my home has many solo customers or pairs, the store is spacious, and the seats are basically for 1-2 people. It's comfortable. It might also be because it's not the kind of store where customers are waiting for seats.

Doutor? Tully's? Komeda?
T h e r e a r e n o n e o f t h o s e .

I'm alone, but loosely connected.

I think this is because of the location of the Starbucks nearest to my home, but there are many students.
Depending on the time, there are really many people working on PCs or studying with textbooks spread out, which is a good stimulus. Some people are writing in planners too.
Since young people are working so hard, I feel a switch flip, thinking I should concentrate too so as not to be a nuisance.
Even though no one talks to each other, when I think that everyone has gathered in this space because they want to create something or achieve something, I hope everyone can reach their goals.

I just wrote down whatever came to mind without any particular order.
Drafting a Note at Starbucks might also be good.

Thank you for reading until the end.

↓ Participating. Day 4.