✨My year is off to a slow start and I am reveling in it. 💗 This year, I intend to continue some rituals I started a few years ago that I thoroughly love and enjoy.
✨One of which is spending ten minutes a day reading a poem and a chapter each of a fiction and nonfiction book. I do this while sipping a cup of tea. It’s a very soothing and relaxing ritual, which I look forward to every single day, no matter the weather. And ten minutes is not a big ask, which works for me.
✨Why a poem?
Poetry moves me in ways no other piece of writing can. It enriches the soul. I have so much respect and adoration for poets because of their deep sense of introspection on even the most mundane things.
✨Why a chapter of a nonfiction book?
Because I love learning new things. It can be about anything—culture, language, tech, health, food, design, film, music, philosophy, art, history, and so on. And so, one chapter a day feeds my need for learning something new.
✨Why a chapter of a work of fiction?
Well, this is purely for entertainment purposes and for me to delve into the complexities of human emotions.
All of these inform my thoughts and my writing. They feed into my subconscious and become sources of inspiration for my creative works.
Do you have a ritual you look forward to each day?
Or are you planning to cultivate a new ritual this year?