We use the present simple:

✅to talk about regular habits or repeated actions:
I get up really early and practise for an hour or so most days;

✅to talk about permanent situations:
My parents own a restaurant;

✅to talk about facts or generally accepted truths:
Students don't generally have much money;

✅to give instructions and directions:
You go down to the traffic lights, then you turn left;

✅to tell stories and talk about films, books and plays:
In the film, the tea lady falls in love with the Prime Minister;