Build rituals
productivity is 90% mood management. humans are atmospheric creatures. we need a playlist, a candle, a ritual, not systems.
Sari Azoutsubstack.comwe all have rituals we protect — even when we’re burnt out, distracted, or in flux. for some it’s the first cup of coffee in silence. for others it’s folding laundry in a particular way. maybe it’s rewatching comfort shows or making playlists for imaginary versions of yourself. these rituals often hold clues about what kind of life you want: slow,... See more
The Art Of Devotion: i'm over being disciplined
youtu.bethe disappearance of rituals and the exhaustion of constantly becoming
youtu.beBuild Rituals, Not Just Tasks
Rituals help you “cue” your brain into routine. Small, repeatable actions—like making coffee before writing, lighting a candle before brainstorming, or taking a short walk before editing—signal it’s time to shift gears.
Rituals help you “cue” your brain into routine. Small, repeatable actions—like making coffee before writing, lighting a candle before brainstorming, or taking a short walk before editing—signal it’s time to shift gears.
#085: Routines are actually rituals of devotion to yourself
on rituals
[Byun-Chul Han, routine, religion, habits, meaning, myth, time]
instagram.comRitual prevents the ordinary from dissolving into invisibility. If you light a candle at dinner, the meal becomes an event. If you walk at the same time each day, it becomes more than exercise. Anthropologists will tell you that rituals function as technologies of attention: certain ordinary acts aren’t trivial, they’re the architecture of meaning.
because at the end of the day, baddie- you cannot hate yourself into a version of you that you love. through embracing devotion for that version of myself who desperately wanted feel like herself again, i was able to recognize that i was in a functional freeze, and slowly began to give myself what i needed: i stopped chasing an aesthetic and
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