Just throw some gloves and plastic bags in your bag. You start out feeling like there's trash all around you and you'll never keep up, but after a little bit you'll run out of places to pick up.
it's really easy to be lazy and let something like a parsley leaf fall on the kitchen floor when I'm cooking and just ignore it. same goes for a tiny piece of foil if i'm opening some annoying package. but if you just take that spare millisecond to fucking crouch down and pick the damn thing up, you are just that much better for it. don't have to deal with it later, don't have to annoy your housemates or partner, and you're just being proactive about something even if very tiny. the cumulative effect has a really positive outcome and it gets easier as you go.
Usually I like to go on a walk around the block and pick up trash. But I found out about a local group (wocleanup.org) that gathers monthly to clean up different spots in my district. Maybe there’s groups like these where you live. You can meet your neighbors, learn stuff, get outside, maybe find a nickel on the ground.
Maybe the robots will kill me first for saying this, but I hate AI. It’s a threat to creativity and our function as a species. Also, cheating isn’t cool.
