The Unhurried Morning

How you begin the day sets its tone. Old money mornings are rarely rushed, and that is a choice more than a luxury.

1. 1.
   Wake before you need to.Fifteen extra minutes changes everything.
2. 2.
   Lay things out the night before.Clothes, keys and cardholder in one place.
3. 3.
   Take the coffee outside.A few minutes of fresh air before any screen.
4. 4.
   Read something real.A chapter or the paper, not the feed.
5. 5.
   Leave with time to spare.Walking, never running, to the first appointment.

Never hurried, never late.

The point is not the coffee or the steps. It is starting the day as someone whose time belongs to them.