The habit engine · tick every week, every phase
The weekly loop
The compounding habit matters more than any single course. Four habits, every week. Miss the courses, keep the loop — if you keep only the weekly habits and lose everything else, you'll still get there. They're the engine; the phases are just the route.
01Build / reproduce
One slice of the current phase's project — the core, most of your hours.
02Read 2–3 papers
Figures-first, each with a one-paragraph note.
03Write one note
A log entry, a "what I learned / got stuck on," a short explainer — or a 20–40s animated explainer of the concept you just built.
04Engage once
Post a result, ask/answer in a community, read someone else's work.
The log · last 8 weeks
no streak yet — this week countsloading the calendar…