Hit 1,000 days of daily journaling and it feels like a scam or a win depending on the day

So I hit 1,000 consecutive days of writing in a journal back in March. Some days it's just one sentence like 'ate toast for dinner' but other days I write three pages about nothing. The weird part is I can't tell if it actually helps me think clearer or if I'm just addicted to the streak number. People tell me that's a huge milestone but half the time I feel like I'm just filling space. Anyone else hit a big number on some habit and question if it's actually doing anything for you?

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the_sean6d agoTop Commenter

ate toast for dinner' totally gets it man. The streak becomes its own monster where you're just maintaining the number instead of actually sitting with your thoughts. maybe if you skipped a day on purpose you'd see if the journaling was actually helping you or if it was just the streak the whole time.

david1236d ago

yeah @the_sean you're totally onto something there. i did the whole 365 day streak thing for a while and by month 3 it was just me writing "nothing new today" over and over to keep the number going. it's like the habit becomes the point instead of whatever you were trying to get out of it. what actually helped me was setting a rule that if i skip a day i have to write a real entry the next day no excuses. that way the break feels intentional and you actually check in with yourself instead of just feeding a counter.