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You sound a lot like me, which drove me to log in and reply. Here's what works for me these days and tbh I'm quite pleased with the results. I will admit that t
by ghotli 3y ago
You sound a lot like me, which drove me to log in and reply. Here's what works for me these days and tbh I'm quite pleased with the results. I will admit that the circumstances under which I started this I felt very motivated to complete this.
Here's my advice, it's simple. Keep a streak in Duolingo, it'll remind you. I like the Android widget too. I do maybe one minute of work daily to keep my streak and at least for me it's the cornerstone habit I've then added other stuff over time. Once I had a small streak built up I went to the gym every day to either walk or run and when I ran I just did exactly what the couch to 5k app told me to do. When I was walking, I did duolingo. Self reinforcing.
Being able to run 3 5k's a week by the last week I no longer have problems basically exactly like you described. Or if I do, it's not nearly as egregious as it once was. The only trick for me at least was to just do exactly what I was told. It ramps up and I just never stopped before I was told to.
Key takeaway is that your body and brain are malleable and will adapt. Hope this or something like it helps!
- anonyfox 3y agoI really know what u mean (and had like 2 weeks of Duolingo streaks several times) - but the sheer concept of streaks has no power over my brain somehow, like I couldn’t care less about breaking it. What you did sounds like „keystone habits“, where you get something simple running consistently and try to expand from there - but I really struggle with that initial step every single time, no keystone found so far :-(
- ghotli 3y agoAgreed and understood. I'll argue that the more key change came from the running app than the keystone habit. Be kind to yourself and try again each day :)