Yesterday I broke my streak
Melanie • 23 Aug 2026 •
I was at a festival for the second day, had to get up early, didn’t bring my laptop, and only remembered to write at 23:32. I was already in bed, exhausted. But I could have still made it.
I debated whether to get out of bed, get the laptop and write for a few minutes.
The pro argument was:
- Not to break my streak
- To keep my commitment
- To get into the habit
The contra argument was:
- I forgot and that’s ok. Life happens
- I was very tired, didn’t wanna rush writing and I deserve a break
- I would have only done it out of fear of breaking my commitment - and I wanna make decisions out of love, not fear
- It’s not about the streak - I trust that I’ll write again tomorrow because I love writing
So, I’m changing my commitment, to allow more flow, so that it fits me:
From now on, I commit to write 6 days a week. If I wanna write 7 days a week, that’s ok. But I don’t have to. I get to take a break once a week, if I want to.
Of course, it would be cool, if that was a feature here - to personalize what it means to keep a streak. I would set it so, that it is forgiving one day of not writing, if you get back to it the next day - and I’d get to keep the streak. ;)
I was thinking about this last year. The question of what counts / doesn’t count toward a streak generates a lot of discussion in writing circles and drives app recommendations. To make it work, though, I think it would need to be a platform that supports cohorts who can have their own specific settings, otherwise it becomes too generic.