I used the "don't break the chain" rule to write a book and it was the only thing that kept me going through small kids and the inherent "distractions." It was

I used the "don't break the chain" rule to write a book and it was the only thing that kept me going through small kids and the inherent "distractions." It was interesting to read how demoralized the author was when they broke that streak. I suppose it can look like that, but it feels like you can easily game that, and count breaks as OK, and then have a streak with an asterisk by it.