In some ways, it's the fear of facing that guilt that makes the "chain method" work so well. The tricky part, when you miss a day, is figuring out a way to cope

In some ways, it's the fear of facing that guilt that makes the "chain method" work so well. The tricky part, when you miss a day, is figuring out a way to cope with that guilt and frustration without letting it undermine your efforts in general. Especially if you miss multiple days in a row, for instance. Which is hard, because that requires a lot of motivation--which is one of the things the "chain method" is meant to enforce. So in some ways, it's a chicken and egg sort of problem. You just have to hope that you've done it enough that, when you wind up facing a missed day, you've built up your motivation for the task enough to get back into it.