First gear is for getting moving, not for staying in. Same with beginner habits.

First gear exists to get a heavy thing moving, and it is terrible at everything after that. Beginner habits work the same way: the ten minutes, the single page, the easiest version. They are there to break the inertia, not to be your permanent setting. People get attached to the starter version because it worked once, then wonder why nothing is changing anymore.

Look at one habit you have been running on the beginner setting for a while and nudge it up. Ten minutes becomes twenty, one page becomes three. Keep the gear that matches the speed you are actually going.