You probably don’t think about your mug very much. It’s just a mug. You grab it, fill it, hold it while you stare out of the window waiting for your brain to arrive. But here’s the thing — your morning mug is the first object you choose every day. Before the emails, before the school run, before the list of things you haven’t done yet makes itself known. Just you, a quiet kitchen, and whatever you’ve decided to drink out of. That’s not nothing. There’s a reason people have a favourite mug. It’s not about the ceramic. It’s about how it feels in your hands, what it says — literally or otherwise — and the tiny private ritual of choosing it over all the others in the cupboard. The chipped one from the back that nobody else uses. The one that makes you smile before you’ve even had a sip. The mood you start with tends to be the mood you carry. It sounds like nonsense until you pay attention to it. The mornings you grab something that feels right — the right weight, the right size, something ...
