Chris Evergreen here. Welcome to your daily goodwill
for Tuesday, February 17th. It's mid -February.
The year's still pretty fresh. But that New Year
energy, that's fading. You might notice yourself
slipping on the things you said you'd keep doing.
The morning routine. The check -ins. The one
small habit that felt so doable three weeks ago.
And here's what happens. You start thinking you're
bad at follow -through. Like, consistency is
a skill other people have and you just don't.
But that's not what's happening. Here's today's
advice. Consistency isn't about never missing.
It's about what you do after you miss. Most people
think being consistent means perfect streaks,
no gaps, no off days. But that's not real life.
Wheel life has Tuesdays where you sleep through
your alarm. Weeks where everything goes sideways.
The difference between people who stay consistent
and people who don't isn't that they never break
the chain. It's that they don't treat a break
like the end of the chain. Here's the move. When
you miss a day, don't restart. Just continue.
Let's say you've been journaling every morning
for two weeks. Then you skip Monday. The instinct
is to feel like you failed. Like now you have
to start over from zero. But you don't start
over. You already did 14 days. That didn't disappear.
You just pick up on Tuesday like Monday was a
rest day. Same thing with calling a friend once
a week. With drinking more water. With any small
thing you're trying to build. You miss once?
That's just a miss, not a collapse. Not evidence
that you can't do it. The habit gets stronger
when you prove to yourself that a gap doesn't
kill it. And your goodwill move for today. Think
of one thing you've been meaning to get back
to. Something you let slide last week or last
month. Do it once today. Not as a restart, just
as a continuation. You don't need to make a big
deal about it. You don't need to announce a comeback.
Just do the thing like you never stopped. Because,
in a way, you didn't. You just paused. That's
your Daily Goodwill for Tuesday, February 17th.
The streak doesn't matter as much as the direction.
And the direction is just what you do next. Talk
soon.