The "never miss twice" rule saved her streak

The "never miss twice" rule saved her streak
Q: "One missed day always spirals into me quitting for weeks. How do I stop the collapse?"

Short answer: allow the miss, ban the second one. A community manager treated a single skipped day as proof she'd failed, then ghosted her audience for a month each time — three full restarts in a year.

Consistency survives slips if you have a recovery rule. Hers became simple: "never miss twice in a row." One off day is human; two is a pattern forming.

With that one rule she posted 4x a week for 7 straight months, missing 11 individual days but never two back-to-back. The streak held because a stumble stopped meaning "start over."

Try this today: adopt the never-miss-twice rule, and write it where you'll see it the next time you slip.