I had over a year of completing the health three rings on Apple Watch (maybe failed on two or three day) - but a flight tripped me up and it fell apart very quickly.
The ability to make up the missed days might have led me to carry on. Or maybe forgiveness if you'd gone over in the precious few days.
Several years ago I was doing something that showed your consecutive-days streak. I lost mine at about 300 days because I flew to Europe and the time zone was calculated from the USA, and on the day of my flight I missed a (US timezone) day. I was so sad lol
Mine was 126 days, and my story went almost exactly like this, down to the end: I just kinda... spaced out. Even in a month with something like 50,000 miles flown, committed every day. But at some point, it just didn't matter any more, and I slipped up.
I've gone 6-8 weeks without missing a day. People have said "don't beat yourself up if you miss one day here or there" and I've gone up to 6 months without missing 2 days in a row. It has never become automatic.
Okay, on hindsight 14 days is a really short time. It felt like a big deal for me because it's quite possibly the longest I've not-broken-the-chain, ever.
Typically I have some sort of minor screw-up somewhere. But I'm on track, and it feels great, and I hope this is useful to someone.
I found that once underway after the first week passes staying out for 6 more months or 6 more days doesn't matter, it feels the same. Normal time stops and is now measured in watch rotations, preventive maintenance schedules and off time. The hardest thing for me was the complete lack of privacy. You are never alone.
I've spent a lot more than 100 days listlessly wandering around with no direction, and I think 10 instances of 100 days aiming in deliberately wrong directions would've been more interesting, and I'd have learned more.
(Exception is if I got into horrible debt or did/received some sort of lasting damage).
While I agree that most people can do it, it's a very large undertaking often lasting 30-40 days. A lot can go wrong in that time, including ill health or injury. That's why having others with you makes sense.
The ability to make up the missed days might have led me to carry on. Or maybe forgiveness if you'd gone over in the precious few days.
It's sad really it was quite an accomplishment.
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