For me they start off as things I do, then they gradually become habits and when I realise I like them and activitely note that I am doing them, I think I transfer these unconscious habits to purposeful rituals.
I have two that I like and they concern the weekend.
The first one is that each Friday at 7pm, I annouce to my family that "My favourite time of the week" has arrived. Its a simple statement, but for me it is a sign that family time is here and welcoming the good times in! Its usually just as dinner is beginning and I have a glass of something lovely in my hand. All four of us are round the table, eating someting prepared by our own fair hands and I say "My favourite time of the week is here!" We all smile and collectively acknowledge this moment. Its short, simple and sweet.
The second one is the kitchen machine / food processor. You see we don't have much surface space in our kitchen, so our very funky food processor is tucked away in a drawer. However as we all know, machines in drawers and cupboards do not get much use!
So every Saturday morning I pull it out of the drawer and place it on the surface. We then begin planning how we are going to use it. Typically it starts off with making a smoothie, we throw in banana's, yoghurt, strawberries, oatmeal, milk, whatever we can find. It's a great breakfast treat and starts the process. We then decide if we will make cakes, bake waffles, make bread, make a curry paste etc etc. It's a very creative process and our weekend can be built around it. For example if we chose to bake a cake, we then say "Who shall we invite", if we make a curry, we need to plan in the trip to the Asian supermarket etc etc. Its become such a sign of a relaxed and fun weekend that bringing it out on a Saturday morning is the sign of a splendid weekend! It also helps structure our activities whilst being spontaneous.
So what signs do you have?
Are they simple or somewhat more elaborate?
Were they deisgned or accidental?
Do tell........
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