DAWN

Seizing the day doesn’t have to mean a vigorous start. Do something you love and it’s not so hard to get out of bed

‘Make your early day a holiday,’ writes Allan Jenkins in his latest book, Morning: How to Make Time: A Manifesto (4th Estate). Allan’s mornings have long chimed with the natural world outside his window, whether he’s waking to birdsong, tending his allotment or cycling to a meadow. Allan makes a case for the creative and spiritual fulfillment to be found at first light – even for the blurry-eyed among us. “Build up to dawn, wake a little earlier, try half an hour,” he advises … “whether it is to sit, to write, to walk, to read, to be inside or outside.” Wake up naturally Start sleeping with your curtains open and wake to natural light. Though the dawn chorus will be quietening this August as birds begin flying further afield for…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2019

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