All your streaks will end eventually.
With mixed emotions, I’m practicing impermanence this week. I’m choosing to go offline to recharge, and as such I’m letting some significant streaks go. (Don’t worry, the one I’m not giving up is my daily writing here. I’ve pre-written plenty.)
My Duolingo streak is well over 500 days. I have solved the Wordle over 600 times without missing. I enjoy these personal challenges, and the daily streak has helped motivate me to keep working or playing daily. I believe in streaks.
But I also believe in self-care, in prioritizing family, in going analog. And when I took the time to weigh the relative importance of those values, I decided to let go of those streaks.
It’s not easy – I’m torn. But I think the peace I’m looking towards this week will be worth the snap of the streak.
What about you? How do you value the good parts of having a streak while not letting it be a burden that you can’t put down?