Let me make you some coffee

[@clairemccallumgibney]

The coffee was delicious, and the chat was enlightening. Thank you

[@JaySwanson]

My pleasure ☕☕

[@erinmh]

Your landlady is an absolute treasure.

[@JaySwanson]

Amen

[@susangalpin4967]

I really love this morning's thoughts.

[@flatironnewyork]

If you're a person who loves learning, you'll always be a person who loves learning. It's an eternal fount, thank goodness. And man, that landlady - she really is your fairy godmother! What a wonderful person.

[@JaySwanson]

She rules

[@monikar9846]

Thanks for the coffee. Love the Tin Tin cup! - always one-off my favorite reads. Conversation topic was great. I’ve always been a firm believer that we are meant to keep learning and growing. Glad you’re taking the big step to learn the piano .

[@JaySwanson]

Thanks! It's been a lot of fun

[@erikat5678]

This morning’s comments were both interesting and made me happy. 😉👍

[@JaySwanson]

Great! Mission accomplished ☕

[@kirstythomson7539]

Ahh, Thompson and Thompson, most cordial chaps indeed. Can smell that delicious coffee! And appreciated your thoughtful insights.

[@JaySwanson]

Thanks for joining 🙏

[@KarinLynnBates]

“I am on my own journey.” This is a most excellent mantra! It’s a fine balance between seizing the day because we are not guaranteed tomorrow and also breathing into the amount of space and time we really do have. By really practicing presence in the Now, I touch that balance. I have to be intentional about it, though.

[@JaySwanson]

That's not a bad thing imo. I think we forget the value of intention in how and who we choose to be. Our actions mean a lot, and the automatic ones could be argued to be less important as a result (unless they need changing of course 😆)

[@jessicabracho8509]

The way in which you describe your landlady reminds me of my grandmother. I get why you think of her as your patron saint.

[@JaySwanson]

She's really done a lot for me when you stop and think about it

[@deborrasanders]

Thanks, Jay! That was a great cup of coffee.

[@JaySwanson]

Any time!

[@Nubianette]

The twins! I like cream, cinnamon, and stevia in my coffee, merci! 😜 It’s great you’re learning to play piano! Yes, life is long, and there’s very few things it’s too late to do. I’m preparing for retirement, and I’m in the process of getting fit enough to learn how to paddle board in Portugal. Why wait? Fitness and my Californian ocean has things that could kill me. Hehe!

[@JaySwanson]

Sounds like fun! There are some solid lakes and bays you could try. My sister loves paddle boarding in SD

[@aureaphilos]

Salut Jay. This was only my second of your vlogs, and I loved the way you expressed yourself and your thoughts and your aspirations. Moi-meme, there have been many times when I wished my life had been 'happier' -- life can be pretty lonely -- yet, the places I've visited (including Paris) and the activities I've enjoyed, have made my life interesting enough that I feel content on my life's path. There's always been a tendency to compare myself to others with either better finances, relationships, or opportunities, but in the end I am the person who is choosing my path, with the resources I have available to me. I hope someday to visit Paris again, this time with my daughter, and revisit the 14th Arrondissement, and the Quartier Latin, and enjoy all the richness the city has to offer. Sharing a coffee in person would be a pleasure. Merci et Vive la Journee.

[@JaySwanson]

One of the hardest but most freeing realizations I've had to come to is what you're saying: no one else is going to do this for me. If I'm unhappy or want my life to be different, I'm the only one who can make that happen. It's sad at first (childhood stuff there) but ultimately is empowering. I get to craft my own life. It gives much more weight to the little choices every day.

[@RandolphSouth]

Creation and accomplishment are the essence of happiness. Realize you have accomplished a great deal. Production is the basis of morale. The key to happiness is being productive and helping others. It works for me.

[@JaySwanson]

Solid. Service to others is a really important piece that can get lost the more disconnected we become.

[@kaleidoscopeallie]

Thanks for the coffee talk. I think you're really going to enjoy your 40s. I have. Even if life has been tough for me the past decade I enjoy how I just sink more into my own true nature each year and feel more and more grounded in that. I don't know if I can express it any differently but it's fabulous and I wouldn't go back for anything.

[@JaySwanson]

Love it. I think I will too

[@amyspeers8012]

When my mother-in-law married my stepfather-in-law, she wanted to do something with him. He was a string bass player with the local symphony so she took up the violin at age 39 and they played together every day. She died suddenly in her 50’s. My husband went to help pack up the house and asked his stepfather for the violin. He said to learn it, come back and audition for it. So at the age of 39, my husband started playing violin. He did go back and got the violin and played with a local philharmonic before moving to France. He still plays and I love hearing the improvement. I don’t drink coffee, but I had a cup of tea and I loved the cup that was chosen !

[@JaySwanson]

That's quite the gauntlet to throw. 🫡 Great story

[@willnelson3362]

Very inspiring video! So much of wisdom is "obvious", but I find I need frequent reminding, otherwise the mundane, unimportant worries come to dominate. This video was a good reminder.

[@JaySwanson]

As our coach says all the time, it's not about what's new, it's about what's true 🙏 Happy it was helpful!

[@AngelaHall-h9b]

Fun vlog! I have been to Paris myself when i was younger. Enjoy.

[@JaySwanson]

Thanks!

[@jeffmedina8122]

Totally need the Thompson Twins. Thank you!

[@JaySwanson]

You are so welcome!

[@karentozer1871]

Thanks Jay, I got the mug I chose, coffee was very nice as well xx

[@JaySwanson]

Wonderful!

[@lnat2000]

Let’s have coffee daily! 😊

[@JaySwanson]

☕☕

[@Rinzsuk]

I really appreciated hearing your thoughts. Similar concepts to things on my mind lately.

[@JaySwanson]

I'm glad to hear that 🥂

[@sharonthompson7101]

I would have chosen the cup you gave us. It was very good. Thanks.

[@JaySwanson]

You’re welcome 😊

[@shaimaahafez6286]

I am 38, been through a time of life where I suffered from loneliness, and I have been wanting to learn the piano for years too! these open-up conversations uncover lots of similarities between us. I guess that's the beauty of opening up with your fellow human beings, Thank you Jay.

[@JaySwanson]

You're welcome! Loneliness is something I certainly used to believe I suffered alone. The only way to realize that's not the case is to connect with others, and then you see it's a broad problem indeed. Takes time to feel that though, and to work your way out of it (it's habit forming in its own way). Wishing you the best!

[@anastasiafua]

yesterdays video and today : loved it 🙏🏽 it was introspective. Honest. We’re all proud of how far you’ve come! Learning a new skill is not easy but like you say the small improvements makes it all worthwhile. plus tin tin is the best. I vote for the tin tin mug 😂🎉

[@JaySwanson]

I need to replenish my Tintin books!

[@level-uplearning5095]

Love your journey - you doing you - you’re a great role model Jay. Thanks for the cup I was hoping for that one. We’re from Iowa, my husband and I, 65 years old we are and counting. We’re in Paris for 3 days just got here today and I said, wouldn’t it be cool if we saw Jay. We just started your channel as we were looking for some guidance on our time in France. Thank you for all the wonderful information about Paris! Love your videos! Love that little puppy of yours- so sweet! Hope to see you,,, tomorrow is Eiffel Tower day.😊 staying in the 6th district. Bless your journey Jay.

[@mikeodil7721]

Thompson Twins and New Wave music every time, Jay! The video I’ve been hoping for my man. Good times. Looking forward to other Sunday Sit-down with Swanson. Cheers, Jay! ☕️

[@JaySwanson]

Thanks! I think I'll do some more

[@rmjryost]

Chemex for the win every day. I grew up with this and continue to go back to this method again and again. Enjoy the beauty and simplicity of chemex. Cheers Jay.

[@JaySwanson]

It's a classic

[@pez5098]

Thompson Twins please. Never read Tintin but they were a great UK band in the 80s.

[@JaySwanson]

😎🎼🎶

[@nicktankard1244]

Learning is great. I’m 37, and last year, I decided to learn to make music with synthesizers. No keyboards though because that’s way too hard for me. Also, I’m thinking of going back to school and getting a degree in computer science. I’m a college dropout. PS I’m also the loneliest I’ve ever been in my life. I moved to a different country, and my last 2 birthdays, I spent alone at home, completely sober.

[@JaySwanson]

Here's hoping music can cmbfing some community! School is a great idea as well. Way to go after it 🙏

[@vanessazannis5523]

Thanks for sharing J! Both mugs are cool and thanks for the coffee 😆I’m generally a one shot of black espresso a day girl. Be Here Now is definitely a philosophy I have attempted to adopt for years…

[@JaySwanson]

It's surprising how much harder it is than it seems it should be

[@agyos]

Coffee is great! Merci! Love Tintin, (and, embarrassingly, Asterix, lol)! It is always enjoyable to meet the occasional stranger, and learn a bit of their story, which often is told at just the right time! Amazingly, EVERYbody has cool stories in their life…especially, if they tell them well, like you! Here’s to the next 10 years!!! ✨🥳✨May they be a beautiful Tango between Happy and Interesting…and include refreshing coffee breaks!!! 💃🏻🕴️✨☕️

[@olafrotkohl5898]

I’d like the DuPont/Dumond mug please, if you don’t mind.

[@JaySwanson]

☕

[@ryanmrobinson]

I grew up with TinTin too! I’m from the United States and I’m the only one of my friends who read those books. I thought the illustrations were great and also I loved the exploration. Thank you for sharing.

[@JaySwanson]

It enraptured young jay in the library 📚🥰

[@patriciateague8677]

Thoughtfully deciding what you want out of your life is something that so many put off doing. It is good that you are doing it now but as someone who is older than you life can be long but it can be shortened unexpectedly in so many ways. After losing some pretty significant people in my life it just reinforces how uncertain life is and how important it is to not delay too long in making the changes you want or being with the people in your life that matter most.

[@JaySwanson]

This is another major motivator. I want to enjoy what I have while I do, and not put that off for some distant future. I'm sorry for your losses, thank you for sharing 🙏

[@MartinOcando]

Love the Thomson brothers' mug. Makes me feel like I'm in Montmartre. I saw a lot of Tin Tin stuff in the stores up there.

[@JaySwanson]

It's all over ☕☕

[@jillstravels]

Any way u could do an updated Best specialty coffee vlog? There are so many new places now!!

[@JaySwanson]

Tons. My guide is up to date, but a new video or two are certain to come ☕🙏

[@kinpeli11]

Thanks for the positive coffee chat. (I don't drink coffee so in my mind, it was a cuppa tea). Your landlady is a fairy godmother!

[@JaySwanson]

She absolutely is 🙏

[@lindammoklahoma4205]

Thanks for the coffee, I really wanted the other mug, maybe next time. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to all you had to say - some real food for thought. Take care.

[@JaySwanson]

Ah, next time you'll have the other mug, then!

[@charlesblack1086]

I played piano and cello too. Need to get back to that🙋🏽‍♂️😀

[@JaySwanson]

It's been really really nice

[@nitesoundsyt]

Lovely vlog. Thanks for sharing Jay!

[@JaySwanson]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@RonFennakadas]

Bonjour. Good luck with the piano. 💙🤍❤️

[@JaySwanson]

Thank you! 😃 It's been a blast

[@paulavaden5139]

Happiness is ebb and flow and something that I don't expect to be all the time. Interesting? Yes. Curious? Always. Life Long Learner? It's who I am. I can relate to "the thinker" in you and always appreciate your thoughts and musings.

[@jojo_inthemitten36]

Great video, Jay! As a wise fellow in the Edinburgh Castle whiskey store once told me, “Everyday’s a school day!” You're an inspiration to this nearly 60 year old! 🤩

[@JaySwanson]

Aw thanks 🙏 I love that saying too

[@PokhrajRoy.]

1:14 I love the Thompson and Thomson Cup. Also, I’m going to regret not going to The Tintin Store in London when I was there. Also, I was in a rush so there’s that.

[@PaulYeghouchian]

Good coffee better convo Jay

[@JaySwanson]

Thanks!

[@floridamom9073]

Please. I hope you warmed up and drank that second cup of coffee. It should not be wasted!! Enjoyed our group chat. Good stuff coming daily. Thank you.

[@JaySwanson]

Made a nice cold start to the next morning ☕😎

[@ashpiredliving]

❤❤❤❤your videos are very soothing and relaxing. This one made me calm due to a shattered morning

[@JaySwanson]

I'm glad it could help 🙏☕

[@mya22833]

Good news coffee mug ☕️

[@JaySwanson]

☕☕

[@sondarir6847]

Thanks for this chat, really enjoyed it ☕

[@JaySwanson]

Me too =)

[@np8173]

I’ve enjoyed having coffee with you! I wish I could’ve used your mug as it’s much cuter than my simple mug, but the coffee was tasty nonetheless. And thanks for the food for thought. I, too, have found my life more interesting than happy, but I like it that way. I’m about to upend my life from California to Nice for a year to learn French and am excited about the change. I’ve been paring down my possessions to live a simpler life and, perhaps, change careers. Thanks for the company this morning.

[@JaySwanson]

Thanks for joining in and sharing as well ☕ I hope you have fun in Nice !

[@scottibass]

the Dupont and Dupont policemen mug is awesome!

[@JaySwanson]

Love the French names too 😆

[@annas1185]

Enjoying a nice cup of coffee watching you make coffee

[@JaySwanson]

Perfect!

[@staceekersley]

I’ve recently gotten a few French history books as we’re in the process of trying to move over there and I love learning more about where we’re at. Would you mind sharing the one you’re reading?

[@JaySwanson]

Yep! France since 1870. It's fantastic. I'll try to share more as we go

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Thompson and Thomson invented camp outfits through their disguises. My favourite is the Greek one. So elaborate.

[@JaySwanson]

🕵️🧙‍♂️

[@rc9272]

Teaching myself keyboard is one of my goals for this year.

[@JaySwanson]

Let's gooooooo

[@PokhrajRoy.]

7:21 Omg I loved ‘Tintin’ (despite its ‘worldview’) too! I could see you cosplaying as Captain Haddock. Or would Paul be better at that?

[@JaySwanson]

Haddock would be fun

[@lilly6766]

Close with the mug! Professor Turnesol would have been perfect. ❤❤❤

[@JaySwanson]

That would have been excellent too 🤓

[@martijnseverin]

Cool video again 😊 different in a way i like it. Looks like you are doing great. Good to see

[@JaySwanson]

Thank you!

[@jesusjerry]

Hello, Great video, very much resonates with myself. I do hope you are well.

[@JaySwanson]

Thank you! You too!

[@dougcargill6730]

When you graduated HS, unless you stayed in Pullman and went to Wazzu, your college experience was nothing like you thought. Wazzu is in a league of its own.

[@JaySwanson]

Truest statement in the comments

[@callmeacab]

My coffee was delish and I got the cup I wanted. Let’s do this again sometime ☕️

[@JaySwanson]

Will do ☕

[@SaraMC-v3b]

Piano recital, please!

[@JaySwanson]

😆 maybe someday

[@MarkVicars]

Thanks for the coffee! It was great!

[@JaySwanson]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gmiddletons]

Thompson twins! Thompson and Thomson 😅

[@JaySwanson]

Huzzah!

[@JaySwanson]

Also I had to look up what the spelling difference was because I wasn't sure if it was the "p" 😆

[@gmiddletons]

One has a p and the other doesn't. They are not related! 😂

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Coffee filter paper is an extravagance.

[@jenfnp]

Good coffee Jay!

[@JaySwanson]

Thanks!

[@Vesalius4us]

Thompson Twins!

[@JaySwanson]

Huzzah!

[@lmahiram]

Would you be able to provide a link to the Colin and Samir talk you mentioned? I would really love to listen to it to help to really download it into my psyche, Need a deep dive to really take it in.

[@JaySwanson]

Sure! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHK2f5iLnc92i6ssi=L4Fc6hkK74mkWiDn The Hank Green one is excellent as well

[@1pashar]

Hi Jay, the Tin Tin mug is my wife’s favorite. We are going to be in Paris early June. Is there a Tin Tin dedicated store in Paris? We looked for one last year with no luck. Enjoyed the coffee break with you. Cheers!

[@JaySwanson]

Hey! I haven't been but it looks like Amazonie BD is an official reseller from products from La Boutique de Tintin. amazoniebd.com/boutique-tintin/

[@visitingsantafe7036]

You definitely have an interesting life, you interesting man, you.

[@JaySwanson]

😎🥂

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Your landlady really said: “Though you have no instrument of your own, you are very welcome to come to Rosings and play on the piano in the housekeeper's room.”

[@JaySwanson]

😆

[@PokhrajRoy.]

5:49 Not to be that person but sounds ideal to me

[@agyos]

Yep…ocean, sun, a shaded hammock, and only the waves as a background soundtrack….🏝️

[@FrenchGardenHome]

Enjoy your daily vlogs! Thompson Twins :)

[@JaySwanson]

Thank you!! 😊

[@mbrolfe7504]

Can’t take my coffee plain anymore thanks-need some half and half!

[@JaySwanson]

☕🐮

[@Chrisb8s]

the filter is a good thing, the oil is good but it also has a lot of cholesterol in it. I was shocked with my cardiologist told me to stop my french press and do pour over instead.

[@JaySwanson]

Interesting, that I did not know

[@carlf.9035]

I will take both mugs 😅 Good coffee chat. Yes, the art of comparison is not healthy or relevant. Cause we're all different.

[@JaySwanson]

We are all so different and the world would be way more fun and interesting if we could embrace it 😎🤓🧙‍♂️

[@carlf.9035]

@@JaySwanson True that! 👍👍

[@mlomarechal6877]

Le mug représentant les deux bouffons "DuponT et DuponD" des aventures de TINTIN est sympa. C'est amusant car le nom est différent selon les pays. Je ne connaissais pas le nom de Thompson ....

[@gmiddletons]

J'ai toujours lu les Tintin en anglais, donc pour moi c'était Thompson. Je dois essayer de les lire en français

[@labellevieinnormandy819]

😘☺☺☺☺

[@JaySwanson]

🥂🎉🥂

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Swinging sticks > Golf

[@JaySwanson]

😆

[@PokhrajRoy.]

3:33 The way I’m nodding to this till have a neck spasm.

[@soyboyjames3031]

Thomson and Thompson - Tintin got less problematic as it went.

[@JaySwanson]

I need a re-read

[@ADAtrips]

If I have a chance/choice I like the Twins. I make my coffee before bed (when I work day). In the AM I plug it in so when I am dressed ect, I have coffee and watch you, and finish coffee , and head off to work. 🤔. But recently you are making me. Watch something else and wait till I am at work to catch up 😂😂 . 🌴🌴Aloha

[@JaySwanson]

Here's hoping the new routine settles well!

[@RH1812]

Oh, those Thompson Twins, not the trio 😄

[@JaySwanson]

😆

[@algFilms2012]

🐦🌹🌴🌾🌺

[@JaySwanson]

🎉🙏⚡

[@PokhrajRoy.]

1:01 Jay is measuring out cornflakes. Yeah, just shove everything in.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

9:18 This Uncle needs Skillshare pronto

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Jay 🤝 Me “I don’t live close to almost any of my friends.”

[@ac8907]

Dupont et Dupont 🕵🏻‍♂🕵🏻‍♂

[@JaySwanson]

🕵️☕🕵️

[@ac8907]

@@JaySwanson Yours are yellow, did they get jaundice ?

[@HippocraticHustle]

These are some great insights! Really enjoyed this one. I have 100% the same components for my coffee setup, even that same grinder. How many grams of water did you use for 35g coffee? Also, I find that it tastes over extracted if I dump all the coffee in at once, so do you prefer it like that or maybe it was just because you were filming… just some questions and observations! Also, I signed up for your guide almost only for your 3rd wave coffee shop recommendations. Noir in the 16th was a solid recommendation since we stayed near the Trocadéro. Can’t wait to go back. Thanks for the content!

[@JaySwanson]

I'm glad it worked out! As for coffee I try to do a 1:16 ratio, so 560g but I just stopped at around 500 because it was hard to do the math and talk at once 😆

[@HippocraticHustle]

@@JaySwanson 😂😂😂 I figured. Looked great on camera!

[@HippocraticHustle]

I do a 1:17 ratio. I drives me batty that some people don’t weigh the coffee and just use scoops. Amateurs.

[@bonisolis7470]

35 grams of coffee and how many grams (oz) of water? I am trying to duplicate your coffee at home. Je suis Bonifacio. We met you once over a year ago outside a coffee house in Paris. Take care.

[@JaySwanson]

Normally I'd only use 30g, at a 1: 16 ratio, but there was no point hanging onto the additional 5g 😆

[@PokhrajRoy.]

1:42 You like coffee, you’re not James Hoffmann.

[@-delighted]

Which coffee are you drinking? Dont recognise the container! Also, if you want to extend the life of your aeropress plunger rubber, don't store it in the body :)

[@JaySwanson]

I usually don't but I couldn't help myself the other day haha. It was Noir - Columbian I think