Finally, to let each step add meaning, pair intention with a repeatable ritual. Begin each morning with a one-meter rule: improve the square meter beneath your feet—pick up litter, greet a stranger, document a broken curb and report it. Map a weekly walk with a purpose, such as visiting elders or tending a community plot, and keep a brief ledger so the ground’s story accumulates. Close the loop by sharing results—footnotes to your footprints—so others can follow. In this way, the earth remembers, and ideas learn to walk. [...]
