One day you will miss a version of your life you barely noticed while living it.

Ordinary periods rarely announce themselves as good while they are happening. The season you are half impatient with now, with its particular routines and the particular people in it, is likely to be something you look back on with real fondness. That is not a reason for pressure or for forcing yourself to appreciate everything. It is just worth knowing that the present is usually more valuable than it feels.

Pick one ordinary part of this week and pay attention to it deliberately: a meal, a walk, a conversation with someone you see all the time. Nothing needs to change. Noticing is the whole practice.