Mid month, pace can waver. A small ritual at a consistent time steadies it. Choose something easy to keep. Pour a warm drink. Stand by a window. Name one thing the morning gave you and one thing you hope the afternoon will hold.
The act is small, but the effect is not. You are marking the hinge of the day. Work on one side. Rest or a shift on the other. When you give the hinge shape, the door swings more cleanly. Fewer squeaks. Fewer stuck edges.
You may find that the rest of your decisions grow simpler around this pause. Choices have a place to land. The interruption you did not plan fits more easily into a structure that already leaves room for breathing. You spend less energy on the problem of when and more on the pleasure of what.
Keep the ritual gentle. Let it be something you can sustain in storm or calm. The day will meet you there.