09/02/2026
This routine didn't start as a plan. It started on a dog walk, years ago, when the lake was still quiet, before the boats and the people were up.
Something about the water that early made me want to go in, and the lake invited me in. So I did.
That one swim is the reason I now spend my camping mornings the same way every time: swim, journal, pull a few cards, yoga, bed early the night before. It took years to become a routine. It started as a moment I could have easily walked past.