Whether you are a young aspiring 18 year old newfound English major visiting Starbucks to start a paper on 18th century literature that’s due in 7 hours, or world-famous author J.K. Rowling, there is just something special about writing in a coffee shop. It could be the ambience, background chatter, $5 coffee that has to be stretched out over a few hours, or just a trend that has stayed current for writers throughout history. There is a certain productivity aspect about the coffee shop that accompanies people looking to get work done without big distractions. From personal experience, I can say that writing at home and writing at my home away from home (almost any cool coffee shop) is very different.
When trying to be productive at home, everything looks more comfortable than usual. It’s as if your college dorm twin bed has transformed into a brand new sleep number just screaming your name. The urge to resist then becomes overpowered by the itch to “Netflix and Chill”, and why not add a nap while you’re at it. The coffee house eliminates the major compulsion to get distracted while maintaining a high level of production. When doing work at the coffee shop, one’s biggest distraction may be eavesdropping to the many conversations taking place. Coffee shop diversions are fun, but not too time-consuming. If you've just wrote 1000 words, stemming from one coconut palm latte, you’ve just earned ten minutes of people watching, snap-chatting, and thinking of that cruise to the Bahamas that you can’t afford. However, It is not enough to find one amazing coffee shop and be content.
The real fun of coffee shops is finding and visiting different ones. The considerable thing about this is keeping the same ambience and serenity that the shops bring while changing the scenery; this change of décor ranges from subtle hipster, to Starbucks, to an extreme art fetish of the 1970s. I’ll make note that all the music is generally the same; the music of coffee shops is so popular that if one goes on Spotify and browses playlists, there is a sure chance that “coffee house music” is on the top playlists of the day. The music often played is acoustic covers, popular breakup/love songs, and there maybe a 99.9% chance Somebody That I Used to Know will probably be played at least once.
There is something magical about walking into a coffee shop. You look around and notice that it looks more advantageous than the mandatory class you have to attend on Monday morning. 
Seeing beautiful works of art hanging on the wall inducing your creativity and the smell of fresh ground coffee teasing your nose. The most satisfying part of it all is taking that very first sip as you proceed to pick a mellow playlist and plunge into deep focus. If you are looking for an ideal place to focus, write, overdose on caffeine, eat $5 scones, and enjoy a relaxed constructive atmosphere, drive to a coffee shop near you. Just plug-in, throw that latte back, and type the day away.
