it then gives me leave to skip the next day. Which becomes two days. And a week. And so on.

Yes, this always happens to me the moment I give myself a daily limit. I know it works for some people, but I always end up using it as an excuse not to write every day. I start focusing on the number of words/minutes, adding and dividing and "do it daily" becomes irrelevant because "Hey, if I write a 1000 words tomorrow, I don't have to write 500 today; Internet, here I come!"

Thank you for reading!