Neighborhood cleanup

Litter stops bothering you because your brain learns to filter it out. Half an hour with a bag gives you your eyes back.

Take a bag and gloves — work gloves or ordinary household ones will do. Pick one short stretch: your courtyard, the path to the bus stop, a piece of shoreline, the grass by the playground. Do not try to clean the whole district; do thirty metres, but finish them. Keep glass and cans separate; do not pick up needles or broken glass by hand — note the spot and report it to the city service. Carry the bag all the way to the bin instead of leaving it beside one. Look at the stretch when you are done: the difference shows, and that is the best part.

What else around me have I stopped seeing simply because I got used to it?