In the vein of Hunter S Thompson's quote, for me it would be showering. I pretty much have to take a shower every day or I feel like I have never properly woken up. The thing that keeps me going though is music, so I suppose my "kite" would have its string tied to a guitar.
travelling is potentially a joy because everything is jangled and every day is different -- but I tend to wake up in another city looking for something to anchor me to the day, to the coherent flow of time...a plan, a routine. Lately I've been going for a walk first thing in the morning, around 7:00 a.m. -- that's a kind of anchor, because I know I'm awake and the day moves forward - in the sense that you speak. Lately, too, when my classes start -- I try to anchor the class to the present: breathe (breathe in the present, breathe out the past) or do a short activity (going around the room, tell me in one word how your week was -- don't repeat any words used by a classmate.)one psychic anchor every twenty-four hours
I enjoy every interpretation of the question - but yes, in the HST sense, the question might be what anchors you to the day --
thx - I never called it "anchor to the present" until writing that post. I am aware that all of us come from so many crazy lives, yet somehow manage to arrive in the same place together at the designated time, our minds full of pressures, worries, and due dates. If I don't get them to shake off their stresses and be present, I'll feel like I'm talking to a bucket of hammers.