The Hour Before the World Interrupts

Morning as Sanctuary

There is a rare, thin clarity that exists only in the hour before the sun fully claims the sky and the world begins its rhythmic interruption. I have learned to guard this hour with a certain ferocity.

The moment you check your phone, you have handed the keys to your mind over to the world. You are no longer acting; you are reacting. But in the silence of the early morning, you are the only occupant of your thoughts. This is when the best connections are made—between the dream you just left and the work you are about to begin.

It is a sanctuary of the “not yet.” The emails aren’t yet answered, the news hasn’t yet broken, and the day’s weight hasn’t yet settled on your shoulders. Leave your phone in another room for the first twenty minutes of your day. See what thoughts arise when they aren’t being crowded out by everyone else’s.

The Monroe Minute Leave your phone in another room for the first twenty minutes of your day.

Until the next page,
Sloane S. Monroe

Sloane Shay Monroe

I don’t write to idealize love, but to explore it honestly, with emotional precision and depth.