Jana: Our producer, Jason, made us wake up to catch the sunrise — which in my world is way too early. I put on my best black T-shirt (the one I’d found on the floor while packing) and headed out into the day.

The four of us — Priya; Jason; our photographer, Sarah; and me — rounded the corner into Jackson Square. The sun was rising over the water. Suddenly this seemed like it might not be so bad after all. It was, in fact, beautiful? Priya looked great, I looked OK, and here we were, doing it.

Priya: There are very few times in life when I’m willing to give up an hour of sleep to see something that isn’t Beyoncé. Living in New York, soaking up the beauty of nature is something that I’ve learned to forgo. But there I was feeling spiritually awakened in the glow of the rising sun over the Mississippi River at 6 a.m. I felt like I was in a Disney movie, getting swept up in a ray of sunshine and spiraling slow-motion into the sky while shimmering and transforming into something else: a better person.



