Turn intention into execution with simple tools. Implementation intentions—if–then plans studied by Peter Gollwitzer (1999)—bind a cue to an action: “If it’s Sunday night, I prep three vegetarian lunches.” Habit stacking (Clear, 2018) anchors new votes onto old routines: “After morning coffee, I write my representative.”
Checklists, popularized by Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto (2009), reduce friction and forgetfulness. When these routines are periodically reviewed against your values, they keep small choices pointed at the world you want—ballot by ballot, day by day. [...]
