I’ve shortened my morning prayers and vespers to make them more appropriate for use alone, and brief enough to read before and after work.
I’ve take out the provision for readings and all but the fixed psalms (and after looking for a portable New Testament and Psalter!) so I can use the one book. But a little more scripture — to hang my thoughts on, to reflect on, to find guidance in — would be right.
I’ve subscribed to Moravian Daily Texts, which I get by email each day and which they’ve been printing since 1731! Two, very brief readings. Just about short enough to post on as the Community Wayside Pulpit or perhaps even to tweet. “Little chapters” if you pray the breviary.
I use the Moravian Texts, and the short prayers that accompany them. It gives a contemplative start to my day.