Translate intention into a plan you can carry. First, choose one act that points toward your chosen tomorrow—write a paragraph, pack a lunch, message a mentor, stretch for two minutes. Next, anchor it to an existing routine (habit stacking) and write an if–then plan: if I finish breakfast, then I set a two-minute timer to begin. Research on implementation intentions by Peter Gollwitzer (1999) shows such scripts dramatically raise follow-through.
Finally, track completion with a visible checkmark and prepare the next cue before bed—lay out the book, the shoes, the envelope. In doing so, you pre-pack tomorrow into the pocket of today. [...]
