Introducing Coffee Mondays

I'm so glad you're here!

Hi! Welcome to Coffee Mondays! My name is Shanna and I am so glad you’re here.

I started Coffee Mondays because I have a need to write. A thirst to write, if you will. I’ve been writing on and off for years, starting new WordPress blog after new WordPress blog only to be unsatisfied with my angle of choice or with my work. And yet, I still need to write.

So, here we are. Starting again! And with purpose but no boundaries. I have no angle for this blog. It is going to be whatever comes to my mind on any given week. Sure, there will be themes. Look forward to conversations on body image, the beauty industry, capitalism, pop culture and life as a woman who is child-free by choice. But one week won’t necessarily follow the same topic as the next. And I’ve made my peace with that!!

The name of this newsletter was born from coffee dates my best friend, Christine, and I had in college. Each Monday we would go to the gym, go through a couple of motions of working out (if you could even call it that), sit in the sauna for 10 minutes and then head to the cafe in the student union to grab coffee (and usually a strawberry Chobani) and chat for a couple of hours.

To this day we call our coffee dates “Coffee Mondays” even though they very rarely take place on a Monday. These coffee dates are a highlight of my life, and I hope that in this space I can share some of that sacred time with you.

Thank you for being here. I hope you enjoy what you read.

Sincerely,

Shanna