This interestingly is similar to having a mindfulness practice, making sure to set your intention to be aware of things in and around yourself, rather than autopilot
You might want to grab a capacitive soil moisture sensor btw because those two pin ones almost always corrode after some time, especially with more power going through them
Context for the next bits that are worth remembering, or maybe the tone of the paragraph/section changes and suddenly an interesting or exciting part pops out and you read that normally.