Calendar · The 22 §

A month with twenty-two days.

We've decided June should be twenty-two days long. Below is the month. Observe it privately, at home, at whatever pace suits you. The last eight days of June go elsewhere. None of your business.

01

Begin (reluctantly).

Ritual Open one window; close two.
02

Pair day.

Ritual Drink two cups of anything.
03

Triangulate.

Ritual Stand where three paths meet.
04

Mend.

Ritual Re-stitch a button; skip rope four times.
05

Quintessence day.

Ritual Name your five favourite things aloud.
06

Half-turn.

Ritual Walk the first half of a familiar route in reverse.
07

Seven minutes of silence.

Ritual Set a timer; don't speak.
08

Infinity on its side.

Ritual Loop a stroll through a single park.
09

Almost-ten.

Ritual Do nine press-ups and stop.
10

Quota met. Coast.

Ritual Eat something plain.
11

Elevenses (the real kind).

Ritual Tea and a biscuit at 11:11.
12

Duodecimal day.

Ritual Count a dozen things on your shelves.
13

Unlucky permitted.

Ritual Walk under a ladder if it's safe.
14

Fortnight's front door.

Ritual Open the curtains before 7am.
15

Mid-month. (Our middle.)

Ritual Halve a recipe; cook it.
16

Square day.

Ritual Eat only square-shaped food (within reason).
17

A prime moment.

Ritual Read 17 pages of a book you own.
18

Legal-adult day.

Ritual Sign something meaningless with a flourish.
19

Nineteen windows.

Ritual Photograph the same sky at 19:00.
20

Round down.

Ritual Tidy one drawer, one shelf, one surface.
21

Coming-of-age day.

Ritual Forgive yourself for one thing.
22

Finale. Twenty-two, at last.

Ritual Write a list of twenty-two things you noticed.