Every morning after my workout, I give myself 30 minutes to spend drinking coffee at my desk with my cat in my lap.

From the second my alarm goes off in the morning until I close my eyes at night, every moment of my day is spoken for and spent on necessary tasks… except for this 30-minutes of indulgence. For this short half an hour each day, I relieve myself of all responsibility and give myself permission to be completely unproductive. I watch my brain-rot YouTube drama unapologetically, I delight at watching the newest fashion shows and hair tutorials and marvel at the beautiful but completely impractical nails I wish I could wear, and all the while my black velvet kitten is looking up at me with love in her expression and fervor in her purr.

She was a bony, gangly kitten, with a sharp

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