I recently added something new to my morning routine. I had been revisiting the Positive Intelligence program that I benefited from so much when I took it during COVID. This time, it just wasn’t working that well.

Instead, I’ve taken to spending a few minutes each morning, around the time of my first sip of coffee, just noticing.

That’s it. Noticing the sunlight against the wall of the house next door. The roses in my neighbor’s yard blowing gently. The sound of cars rushing off to work interspersed with the morning birdsong.