Finally, the outline‑and‑color rhythm compounds. Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life (1989) notes, “How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.” James Clear’s Atomic Habits (2018) echoes the mathematics: small, repeated acts accrue into identity.
Thus, each morning’s sketch is not merely administrative; it is authorship. And each evening’s patient joy is not indulgence; it is how the story becomes humane. Over time, the picture that emerges is not only productive, but beautiful. [...]
