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    Progress Systems Entry #0630

    Why breaking a run ends the behaviour entirely

    Miss one day of a long streak and many people quit altogether, not just that day. An all-or-nothing count offers no gentle way back in.

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    The hidden part #0630

    A count with no partial credit has no gentle exit. One missed day reads as total failure, and total failure has nothing left to protect.

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    Decision Fatigue Entry #0850

    Why the smallest snag late in a flow ends the purchase

    Late in a flow the depleted brain treats any friction as a reason to stop, so the smallest snag ends a purchase that was nearly complete.

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    The hidden part #0850

    Friction has a variable cost that inflates with every prior step. The last pebble feels like a boulder to a brain that spent its strength on the first five.

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