Show HN: Habit streaks suck. Momentum FTW
https://polarhabits.com/momentum
Last year, I realised a fundamental flaw with habit streaks after I broke my 100-day meditation streak.I stopped meditating altogether because I couldn't find the motivation to start again, from zero.
That's silly!
Why would I think I was starting over from zero? It's not like all that progress I'd made was lost. But, that's how streaks work, so zero it was!
Being an indie hacker, I decided to do something about it, so I invented my own system (and built an app for it.)
I share how the system works in the linked post. I also encourage you to try out the app. It might help you finally stick with that habit!
Would love to hear your thoughts!
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I had a Fitbit and did 10K+ steps every day for 6+ months... until the day I broke my streak.
I know how that feels. I had a similar experience with closing the "rings" on my Apple Watch. Kept it up for well over a year, missed one day, and I never found consistency again!
Would love to hear about your experience once you've had a chance to try out the app (if you do.)
I think a useful feature would be to share your momentum with others. Wordle's share feature keeps some of my family members playing every day. And it's a nice way to get free "viral" marketing ;)
Love the flexibility of being able to add goals like "3x a week"