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I don’t really feel any shame about missing two days in my chart. I mean, Benjamin Franklin himself says he would go months or years away from the system. And, in general, as you try to create habits, I don’t think shame, embarrassment or intense self-criticism are very helpful.

Reader’s note: Reminder that Rung Two is “The achievement of one’s objectives requires a good plan and consistent effort.” This is an update on how Franklin’s virtue marking system is working for me.

I’ve been on vacation for two days, and I’ve missed my end-of-day virtue accounting both days.

It’s the week of “Resolution,” so I suppose I’ve failed to honor my resolution to track the habits the past two days. But, it’s a freebie. I’m just going to pretend, well, I’ve forgotten, and I’m going about my day and pretending these days didn’t exist. I had other priorities!

And, really, as the next post coming Sunday deals exactly with this kind of self-justifying, rationalizing thought, it’s a perfect example, for me!

Back to it tonight … and see you soon …

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Rung Two thoughts: I missed two days in a row!

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