I got an Apple Watch in mid 2021. I was a casual runner before then. By the first week, I was watching the 3 rings on the watch, and by the second week I had

I got an Apple Watch in mid 2021. I was a casual runner before then. By the first week, I was watching the 3 rings on the watch, and by the second week I had a streak going. I hit my rings every day for a week. Then 2. Then 3. The only way to close the 'move' ring goal - 730 calories/day - for me was to run. I could brisk walk some days, but between work and other commitments, running was the only 'fast' way to close the circle. I went to the gym more, or ran around the town near the office. And then I got to 4 weeks. Then 2 months, and so on. After several months, I didn't want to break the streak. But it gets hard - bad weather, feeling sick, personal commitments. I was doing... weird stuff just to hit the goals. I got to 1 year. Then... even a bit more. I intentionally stopped on day 400. I done a couple of small streaks since then, almost accidentally, but am not going to try for a long streak again like that. It started to consume too much mental space, and became a distraction. If I get to the point where I have less going on in life, perhaps that will be a new goal again. I've already proved I can do it, but I've now proved I can stop too. Before all this, I had set up a goal of 'run min 2 miles every day for a month', and did that too, but my schedule (and weather) doesn't always allow for longer commitments. But... I also didn't tell anyone about any of these until after I'd hit them. No, not true - I would tell folks in the office sometimes about "oh, I hit day 264 today" and show my watch, but usually only if/when the topic of exercise or apple watches came up.