Treat your morning ritual like an opening chess move

I quite liked this metaphoric view of the morning ritual from Herbert Lui: A good morning ritual needs to be flexible enough to adapt to these shifts. In order to do this, treat it like an opening chess move. On your ideal mornings, you’re going first. You get to decide which move to take. An opening move may be to make your usual breakfast, and doing something creative before you handle your professional or personal commitments.