Life Hacks by Charles Assisi: The sublime value of the daily ritual

The last two weeks felt like they would never end. Which is why when my colleague Kavi Arasu asked, as is his wont, “How was your weekend?” during our Monday morning review call, something snapped. The bridge was made up of rituals — the act of a walking a child to the school bus stop in the morning, the daily trek to a Metro station. Conversation with Kavi and others made it clear to me that it was time to carve out new rituals to replace the ones I’d lost, and to help me once again mark the passage of time.Here are three rituals I plan to try out: Journaling every night: This gives one the space to reflect on all that has happened and been accomplished, and can bring a sense of closure to the day as well. For now, I draw comfort from the words of the author Susan Cain, who wrote, “We all do regrettable things as a result of our own circumstances, and new rituals are frequently invented in response to new circumstances.” The writer is co-founder at Founding Fuel & co-author of The Aadhaar Effect Follow more stories on Facebook and Twitter