Most habits die in the gap between the version you planned and the version you can do on a Wednesday in February. The fix is not more discipline. It is lowering the entry cost until starting is almost trivial, then letting momentum do the rest.
The two-minute rule is simple: define the smallest version of the habit that still counts, and make that the requirement. Not 'a 45-minute workout' but 'put on shoes and walk to the corner'. Not 'meal prep for the week' but 'wash and chop one vegetable'. On good days you will do more. On bad days you will still keep the thread intact, and keeping the thread intact is most of the game.
Pair the small version with something already anchored in your day — after the morning coffee, before the evening shower. Existing routines act as scaffolding, which is why habits attached to nothing tend to drift.
Expect to miss. The rule that matters is not perfection but recovery: never miss twice. One skipped day is noise. Two becomes a pattern, and patterns are what your brain is quietly learning from.
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