If you've been meaning to get serious about keeping houseplants alive, you're not alone. It sounds simple but quietly slips down the to-do list week after week.
Keep a short list, not a long one. Three things you'll actually finish beat a dozen you'll only feel guilty about.
Be specific about when and where. A vague "later" rarely happens; "right after breakfast, at the kitchen table" usually does.
The first move is almost always the same: shrink the task until it feels almost too easy. With keeping houseplants alive, that might mean five minutes a day instead of an hour a week.
A little, often, adds up to a lot.
Make the default the good choice. Set things up so the easy path and the right path are the same one.
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