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I'm curious, you ended a 330-day streak two days ago. Did you intentionally end the streak, or did something keep you from committing? Or maybe you commit local
by japhyr 13y ago
I'm curious, you ended a 330-day streak two days ago. Did you intentionally end the streak, or did something keep you from committing? Or maybe you commit locally and just haven't pushed the last few days' work?
I think the decision to end a streak can be as important as the decision to start a streak. Consistent work is good, but work out of a sense of obligation can hinder progress. I accidentally broke a streak a while back, and it was really freeing to not feel like I had to make a commit every day.
- JackMorgan 13y agoI haven't pushed. That is the benefit/detriment to coding on the train: no internet. Right now the streak is still valuable and not oppressive. As long as I'm taking the train to work and have a working laptop it's not hard to keep up, perhaps if things change I'll consider ending it. I think there is some obligation, but usually I only feel that about the book or project, not the streak. I did about a month solid of SICP, and last week started to feel a little burnt out, so I started a "for fun" project to help take the edge off. I'll do that to "recharge" until I'm feeling more energy to tackle the next minor section of SICP.