Rituals over Habits & Routines

Hard anniversaries, like the birthday of someone we've lost, are helped by routines and rituals. They create a grounding structure with a reassuring and stabilising effect.

• Routines are repetitive actions to help us ...

Routine as Ritual: Transforming routines into rituals can imbue mundane tasks with a sense of purpose and presence. For example, making your morning coffee can become a ritualistic moment of mindfulness, where each step, from grinding the beans to pouring...

The more we can align our tasks to a personal vision, the more likely we are to view work as a calling.

Write down the tasks at work that feel devoid of meaning and ask yourself "what is the purpose of this task?" If the answer still seems unimportant, ask again, and keep going until you ge...