[Strom]

I've found that creating an exception list beforehand is a great way to survive "breaking the chain", as then it's not really breaking the chain.

For years I tried to keep a chain of exercising every day. It would work wonderfully for 8 months or so, and then inevitably every summer the chain would break when I was up for several days partying. Then I would start thinking "what's another skipped day" and end up with months of no exercise. After a few cycles of this, I redefined my chain as exercising every time I wake up. This works nicely for me, because my primary reason for initial breaking was that I was exhausted. I've managed to keep this new chain unbroken for years.