Why Your Brain Needs Everyday Rituals

A few years ago, during a particularly chaotic period at work, I started making my morning coffee the exact same way every day: same mug, same timing, same two minutes of silence while it brewed.

It wasn't intentional; I was just too overwhelmed to think about it. But something interesting happened: Those two minutes became the calmest part of my day. Even when everything else felt out of control, I had this one predictable moment that somehow made the rest manageable.

I had just experienced the power of rituals completely by accident, and it wasn't until I left tech to study neuroscience that I understood why that simple coffee routine had been so effective.

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