01

Choose tasks from your day

A task can be part of your routine or something you only need to do once.

02

Choose tasks with a clear finish

Morning

  • Make the bed
  • Put away yesterday’s clothes
  • Fill a water bottle

Home

  • Wash the dishes
  • Take out the trash
  • Put one load of laundry away

Errands and movement

  • Take a short walk
  • Pick up one needed item
  • Return a package

End of day

  • Clear the kitchen counter
  • Set out tomorrow’s clothes
  • Plug in the devices you need tomorrow
03

Make each task specific

Use a task you can clearly mark complete. “Clear the kitchen counter” has a clear finish; “Clean” does not.

  • Instead ofExercise
  • TryWalk for ten minutes
  • Instead ofGet organized
  • TryPut the clean laundry away

BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits and James Clear’s Atomic Habits share a practical idea: make the action small and easy to begin. In Capybara Springs, that could be “Walk for ten minutes” instead of “Exercise.”

04

Keep the list short enough to finish

The routine is complete when every task on the list is done. Start with a short list and add another task when you have room for it.