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I've done the big red X and felt the pain of breaking the chain as well. Instead of that, I've started just listing the number of days of my latest chain on a w
by _gabe_ 4y ago
I've done the big red X and felt the pain of breaking the chain as well. Instead of that, I've started just listing the number of days of my latest chain on a whiteboard, and if I hit 30 days then I reset it to 0.
This helps me not feel bad when I miss a day, but still gives me the feeling of don't break the chain. I've been doing it for about 3 months and I'll see if it continues to works out :)
- SyneRyder 4y agoI've noticed that Duolingo is does something similar. They have a streak wager feature where you bet a few gems on how long you can keep a streak going, but four weeks is the maximum. After that the wager resets to zero and you start over, trying again for a perfect month. There's also the Duolingo "streak freeze" - give yourself a couple of freeze tokens in reserve that you can use if you miss a day. Give yourself a way to earn streak freeze tokens again if you use one (eg maybe if you get 30 days in a row again). I'm currently on a 2000+ day streak on Duolingo, and while I've definitely missed days over those 5+ years, the streak freezes mean I've never missed more than a day in a row over that time. Gives an incentive to regroup and restart immediately if you do break the chain, rather than losing all motivation.