A morning ritual worth keeping

How you start your morning sets the tone for everything that follows. That doesn't mean an elaborate routine — it means a few minutes that belong only to you, before the day starts asking things of you.

Ours is simple: water first, then ten minutes outside with coffee or tea, no phone. Some mornings that's it. Other mornings it turns into journaling or a short walk.

The ritual matters less than the boundary around it. Protect those few minutes, and the rest of the day has somewhere steady to return to.