Morning Coffee & Your Frog

You’ve probably heard the advice:
“Eat the frog.” 🐸
Meaning… tackle your hardest thing first.

Lovely idea. I even teach it to some clients, depending on what they need.

It’s just that most mornings don’t hand us one neat little frog.

They hand us a swamp full of competing frogs. 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

• There’s the thing you’ve been avoiding for weeks.

• The thing that just landed in your inbox, marked urgent.

• And the thing your boss dropped on your desk with that look.

They’re all croaking at once. Your nervous system is already tired. And suddenly you’re standing in the kitchen, coffee in hand, staring into the middle distance - frozen, feeling overwhelmed, and not starting anything on your to-do list.

Here’s a gentler way to approach it:

Tomorrow morning: while you’re drinking your coffee…don’t open your email yet. Don’t look at your full to-do list. Try this instead:

Just sit with these three questions:

1. What am I most likely to avoid today?
That’s the one that makes you sigh.
The one that feels a little heavy in your chest.
The one your brain keeps politely stepping around.

2. Which task would make everything else feel easier once it’s done?
Not the loudest thing.
Not the most urgent thing.
The one that would quietly change the whole shape of your day.

3. Can I name it clearly and simply?
Not “work stuff.”
Try: Draft 500 words of the launch email.
Specific calms your nervous system.

That’s your frog. 🐸

Then… you do that first.
Before the swamp grows.
Before the noise takes over.
Before your energy leaks into ten smaller things that don’t actually matter as much.

Once the frog is done, the rest of your day becomes what it was always meant to be: Your regular to-do list.

Not scary.
Not overwhelming.
Just manageable, steady steps.

This isn’t about being tougher or more disciplined.
It’s about making your day kinder to your nervous system…
and giving yourself one small win before the world starts asking things of you.

Sip your coffee.
Find your frog.
Take a breath.
And begin there. 🐸💛

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