I was in a bad place 3 years ago & literally wrote a list of daily habits to get well. Two things happened. I certainly got well, but I also became hostage to the streak. If I hadn't met my 10k minimum steps target I'd walk around for no better reason than to reassure myself that I wasn't failing.
Being hostage to the streak (for me) is a frying pan & fire situation. Damn it felt good to delete Duolingo and have the occasional lazy day. Amazingly, I remained well anyway 🤷♂️
I was in a bad place 3 years ago & literally wrote a list of daily habits to get well. Two things happened. I certainly got well, but I also became hostage to the streak. If I hadn't met my 10k minimum steps target I'd walk around for no better reason than to reassure myself that I wasn't failing.
Being hostage to the streak (for me) is a frying pan & fire situation. Damn it felt good to delete Duolingo and have the occasional lazy day. Amazingly, I remained well anyway 🤷♂️
I think David Sedaris wrote about this too: getting to the point he had to randomly walk anywhere to get in his "steps". I've actually resisted getting a fitbit or apple watch or whatever, because I don't want *that* level of monitoring.
Your headline gave me a good giggle.
I was in a bad place 3 years ago & literally wrote a list of daily habits to get well. Two things happened. I certainly got well, but I also became hostage to the streak. If I hadn't met my 10k minimum steps target I'd walk around for no better reason than to reassure myself that I wasn't failing.
Being hostage to the streak (for me) is a frying pan & fire situation. Damn it felt good to delete Duolingo and have the occasional lazy day. Amazingly, I remained well anyway 🤷♂️
I was in a bad place 3 years ago & literally wrote a list of daily habits to get well. Two things happened. I certainly got well, but I also became hostage to the streak. If I hadn't met my 10k minimum steps target I'd walk around for no better reason than to reassure myself that I wasn't failing.
Being hostage to the streak (for me) is a frying pan & fire situation. Damn it felt good to delete Duolingo and have the occasional lazy day. Amazingly, I remained well anyway 🤷♂️
I think David Sedaris wrote about this too: getting to the point he had to randomly walk anywhere to get in his "steps". I've actually resisted getting a fitbit or apple watch or whatever, because I don't want *that* level of monitoring.
Don't get me started on what I learned about sleep quality monitoring. The anxiety that provokes is now a recognised phenomenon