Black leather in the morning

i've been postponing buying some bc they're so expensive! i'd love to start doing it in the AM.

habit chaining is my only way to sustain a habit.

I have medicine I need to take with food so I have to eat breakfast but I don't let myself eat breakfast until I brush my teeth, but I don't let myself take my mouthguard out without brushing my teeth, and I don't brush my teeth until I do netilat yadayim. some things i'd just do no matter what, i create a gateway with something i'd be less likely to do.

My issue honestly is just making it to synagogue on the regular - it feels weird to do it by myself at home when I join our congregation's zoom minyan.

One of the personal positives, if our congregational merger goes through, is that our new shared home is literally around the corner from my office, so I could join the in-person morning minyan on Mondays and Thursdays if I so chose, and get back to wrapping on the regular.

You have Zoom minyan on Monday/Thursday? With Torah reading? Wow. Impressive.

I haven't put on Tefillin for quite some time. Mine actually need some minor repair. Back when we lived across the street from the shul, I used to go regularly to Sunday morning minyan, talit, tefillin, and all. But not so much anymore.