1. It takes on average 66 days for a habit to be formed.[1]
2. The intensity need not be there to form the habit. After a habit is formed you can increase the intensity of the activity. Start small like reading 2 pages a day and add a page every two weeks. This is probably the most important step.
3. Willpower is at a maximum right after waking, so whatever you are trying to accomplish do it first thing in the morning.
4. Stop dieting. It will burn through your willpower.
Thanks. From the Article "Results showed that whilst the average time to form a habit was 66 days, more complex behaviours took longer, whilst an exercise habit took longer to form than a healthy eating or drinking habit". So learning RoR or any programming language might take longer.
Making incremental increases makes sense. I can see that helping with the issue of getting overwhelmed by details and frustration from getting ahead of yourself.
2. The intensity need not be there to form the habit. After a habit is formed you can increase the intensity of the activity. Start small like reading 2 pages a day and add a page every two weeks. This is probably the most important step.
3. Willpower is at a maximum right after waking, so whatever you are trying to accomplish do it first thing in the morning.
4. Stop dieting. It will burn through your willpower.
[1]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5857845/It-take...