“I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and that i could do anything I wanted.”
An empty page for a life can feel a bit daunting! Shall we start with a morning instead? ⠀
How do you feel about morning routines? For me, there’s something about the word routine that makes me feel like someone is shouting “DROP & GIVE ME TWENTY” at me! Routine is not a word that resonates kindly with me. I prefer the words moments, practice, ritual, or rhythm. Routine feels too rigid, too much like something being imposed on me from the outside. ⠀
I am however, a big fan of using the morning to create a little moment.⠀
For some people, the consistency of the same activity every morning really does support and anchor them. For others, hitting the alarm, rolling out of bed and into the day works like an absolute treat thank you very much. YOU and only YOU get to decide what’s best for you.⠀
For me, and I suspect for others too, doing the same thing day in day out feels monotonous. I don’t want to be on auto-pilot as soon as I wake up. Rolling out of bed feels just fine every so often, but less fine on the daily. I want to be alive to the variety of each day. ⠀
This morning, I have spent 75 minutes in bed, with a coffee, listening to Garth Stevenson album Flying. I feel like a time millionaire! Today, on Autumn equinox, I wanted to feel luxurious and spacious, reflective and dreamy. I wanted to give myself time to feel a little melancholic as we wave goodbye to Summer. It is such a beautiful album it almost demands you stop whatever you’re doing and just listen in stillness. ⠀
It’s exciting to know that we are free to create these moments that we love. And that we can keep adding more and more of these moments to our mornings, our days, our years, our life - our personal collection of moments. ⠀
What moments would you love to create for yourself today?