Every January we promise ourselves a new life, and by February most of those promises are quietly gone. The problem is rarely willpower — it’s size.

Small is repeatable

A two-minute walk after lunch is easy to start on a bad day. Repeat it for a few weeks and it stops being a decision at all.

Attach it to something you already do

Pour your morning coffee, then drink a glass of water. Brush your teeth, then stretch for one minute. The first action becomes the reminder for the second.

Peridot suggests one tiny habit at a time and only adds the next when the first one feels automatic.