Scraping frost off a windshield at dawn, look up for a second. The whole street is sparkling and nobody else noticed.

Beauty tends to be hiding inside the chores, which is why most people miss it. Scraping ice is cold, dull and necessary, and your head stays down for all of it because the job is at the level of the glass. Half a second of looking up changes the morning without changing the task. The street was sparkling either way.

During the next tedious thing you have to do outdoors, lift your head for ten seconds. Shoveling, walking the dog, waiting for a ride. Make it a habit attached to the chore rather than a separate plan.