Recovering from a journaling hiatus

One central difficulty with my present journaling habit is that it is brittle. If I miss a couple of days, writing a new entry feels daunting because I have lost the context of my life. How do I regain it? Fundamentally, I have three options: Suck it up and write a long entry whenever I miss out. I have a friend who does that, but it does not work for me. Have a "today" rule. Treat any day that I…