I finally hit 500 days in a row on Duolingo

I was up around 2AM last Tuesday and noticed my streak counter had ticked over to 500. It didn't feel like a big deal until I realized I started during a rough patch last year and just kept going. That little green owl has been the most consistent thing in my life for over a year now. Has anyone else hit a random number like that and been surprised by how much it means?

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lee_reed1d agoTop Commenter

Does it ever feel like these little streaks are the only things holding our whole lives together? I've been noticing the same pattern everywhere. My buddy has a 400 something day streak on his meditation app and he says the same thing. We all have this stuff falling apart around us - jobs change, people leave, plans get wrecked. But that dumb green owl or a meditation timer or whatever it is, it's like an anchor. Something that just keeps ticking forward no matter what else is going wrong.

casey6822d ago

I actually read a study last month that said streaks work because they trick your brain into treating a habit like a game. 500 days is wild though, that's like a year and a half of not breaking the chain. The owl's basically your accountability buddy at this point.