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At 6:20 a.m., I half-open my eyes, still heavy with sleep. My husband is still lying in bed. He usually gets up around 6:30 every morning and drinks his coffee, so if I can still see him next to me, it means I probably have another hour to sleep. I close my eyes again and fall right back asleep.
At 7:30 a.m., I wake up again. Now he’s gone, and my hand only finds the empty blanket where he was. That’s my signal that it’s really time to get up. I bring my right elbow and left fist in front of my belly — heavier now that I’m pregnant — and press against the mattress to push myself up. I used to just swing my legs up and sit up in one motion, but my body is heavier now, so I can’t do that anymore.
Once I finally get my upper body up, I turn and scoot toward the left edge of the mattress. Then I let both legs slide off the bed and stand up. I shuffle toward the bathroom with my eyes practically closed and sit on the toilet. A moment later I flush, wash my hands, and pull the bedroom curtains wide open. Then I walk out to the living room, where my husband is sitting on the couch.
"Hello!"
When I open my arms and walk toward him with a sleepy morning greeting, he stands up from the center of the couch — coffee in hand — spreads his arms the same way and says, “Hello,” back to me. I wrap my arms around him under his arms, squeezing him tight. I ask, “Did you sleep well?” and he always pauses for a second before giving me a little report about his sleep. On mornings when he says he slept well, it already feels like a good day.
After I say good morning, I head to the kitchen. I get cereal from the cupboard and milk from the fridge, pour both into a bowl, and bring it to the coffee table in the living room. On the table is the iPad I use at night to play "music for copying passages by hand," a background music video I listen to on YouTube. I unlock the screen and open the Korea Economic Daily app to skim the morning articles while eating. I flip quickly past most of the pages, not really seeing anything interesting, then pause to read a few paragraphs here and there, then keep scrolling.
By the time I’m finishing my cereal, my husband comes out of the shower and heads back into the bedroom to get dressed. I trot after him, sit on the edge of the bed, and chatter about the last night's dream and what I need to do today. As he moves back to the living room to dry his hair, I trail after him and keep talking. His hair is short, so two or three minutes with the dryer and he’s done. When he’s putting on his jacket and heading for the door, I hug him tight and say, “Have a great day,” and wave until the door closes.
After I see him off, I finally take my empty cereal bowl to the sink, rinse it quickly, and put it in the dishwasher. Then I head into the bathroom to shower. I brush my teeth, wash my face, shampoo my hair, and wash my body — in that order. By the time I’m done, about fifteen minutes have passed. I towel off, wrap my wet hair up in a towel, put on toner and lotion, and head back to the bedroom.
The blankets are still bunched up exactly the way I left them when I first got out of bed. I move the pillows and cushions aside, fold my husband’s duvet in half, then fold mine in half and lay both neatly across the sheet. I put the pillows and cushions back on top and sit on the now-tidy bed while I open the dresser to choose what I’m going to wear today.
After I get dressed, I take the towel off my hair and hang it up. I pick up the hair dryer my husband used earlier and start drying my hair while checking the time. It’s already past 8:30. I dry my hair for about ten more minutes, pack my laptop in my bag, and head out the door. There’s nothing extraordinary about it, but it’s my morning, and I love it.
🌿 Life Project | Today 1 Step
This post is part of my Life Project series at Today 1 Step —
a collection of personal journeys in creativity, growth, and mindful living.
From crafts and reading to family and self-discovery, each story captures small steps toward a more meaningful life.
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✍️ Daily Writing | Today 1 Step
This post is part of my Daily Writing routine — a practice of answering prompt questions from
712 More Things to Write About, published by the San Francisco writers' collective The Grotto.
I write one short piece a day, using each question as a way to notice my life and understand myself a little more.
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