Habits are formed when we do an action repeatedly enough that it becomes second nature. The idea is to consciously do a thing so much that you eventually start to do it unconsciously. The joy of a habit is that it takes away the energy and the stress even of having to behave a certain way.
The two-day rule states that you should never let two days pass without acting towards your goal. If you miss going to the gym today, make sure you go tomorrow. If you didn’t read any of your book today, make sure you do so the next.
If you want to make positive changes in your life, never go more than a day without making that change.
...mathematics is the hidden scaffolding of beauty, the invisible thread that connects art, nature, and the cosmos. If we look closely enough, we can see how far mathematics unweaves the rainbow to reveal deeper patterns beneath. Does that diminish the beauty? Does that dispel the magic?