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> the moment we fell off the streak, it broke completely This sounds strange to me. I used the streak method for several physical activities. At first I was wo
by lucianbr 3y ago
> the moment we fell off the streak, it broke completely
This sounds strange to me. I used the streak method for several physical activities. At first I was worried I would not keep it up, so it was very important to not miss any single day. But after 100 days? A miss does nothing. I have proof I can keep it up, and that motivates me to continue. Besides, life happens, it's impossible to _never_ miss a day of anything.
The first weeks are harder, but after that, I look more for a moving average. If I have 95 of the last 100 days, I'm doing great.
- RheingoldRiver 3y agoThe language-learning app Drops gives you "free passes" which regenerate every 5 days of actual streak & get automatically applied if you miss a day. I think this is a really nice way to get a streak system to work if you are super focused on a big number; if you miss 1 day you are suddenly extra incentivized to not miss the next several days so you can regain your now-used-up free pass, and theres some flexibility added to the streak so life can interfere occasionally and you get to keep your large number.
- kqr 3y agoPeople are often outcome-driven when they should be behaviour-driven. People focus on the actual streak, rather than the intention to maintain the streak. The second is what makes you successful, the former is easy for a lot of people to fall into. This is pervasive. At both school and work, we tend to incentivise good outcomes rather than the sort of behaviour that leads to good outcomes. The result is less than optimal.