daily rituals
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Tiny Wings, Big Peace: How Birdwatching Became My Therapy
I didn’t expect to fall head over heels for a bird feeder. Honestly, I bought it on a whim—just another late-night scroll-and-click moment on Amazon. But what I thought would just be a simple backyard decoration turned out to be something so much more. It became my daily dose of…
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Coffee in Bed and the Power of Slow Mornings
Every morning, sometime between 3 and 5 a.m., I wake up. Not to an alarm clock. Not to chaos. But to the quiet sound of Oscar bringing me a fresh cup of coffee, still steaming, delivered with a kind smile while I’m still tucked in bed. It’s such a simple…
