Joseph Campbell essentially taught me to ritualise almost everything I once considered mundane, my morning coffee, my afternoon walk, my bedtime reading. Over time, I realised that ritualising ordinary moments makes them sacred. And when something becomes sacred, when you give it meaning, it gives meaning back to you.

Ritualising everyday actions also deepens our attention to them. When we fully immerse ourselves in an experience, it can feel sacred in its own right, beyond any need for cognitive meaning-making.