Duolingo must have psychologists on staff who realized the insidious side of the "keeping the streak".
One of the happiest days in my life was the day after losing the streak on 750words a few years ago.
I had a 500+ day streak going but it had not built into an effortless habit (like a cold shower).
Surest way to misery is feeling forced into doing something yet not getting enjoyment nor showing any improvement.
I am reasonably sure if I had tried to not break the streak in say doing standup ala Seinfeld the results would have been similarly dismal.
On the same note I quit Duolingo when I realized that the modicum of German I was learning was quickly overtaken by my teenage daughter.
She was in a very average German class spending less time on lessons.
> On the same note I quit Duolingo when I realized that the modicum of German I was learning was quickly overtaken by my teenage daughter. She was in a very average German class spending less time on lessons.
One of the happiest days in my life was the day after losing the streak on 750words a few years ago.
I had a 500+ day streak going but it had not built into an effortless habit (like a cold shower).
Surest way to misery is feeling forced into doing something yet not getting enjoyment nor showing any improvement.
I am reasonably sure if I had tried to not break the streak in say doing standup ala Seinfeld the results would have been similarly dismal.
On the same note I quit Duolingo when I realized that the modicum of German I was learning was quickly overtaken by my teenage daughter. She was in a very average German class spending less time on lessons.