Issue 06 · June 10, 2024
The Morning Margin
Notes from the first hour: attention, weather, and the rituals that make a day feel inhabitable.
I keep returning to the first ten minutes because they are one of the few parts of a day that have not yet been claimed by other people’s requests.
This is not a case for an optimized morning. It is a case for a margin: a little space where the day can arrive before it starts asking things of you.
Try opening one curtain before opening one app. Notice what changes.