Build streaks around actions worth becoming automatic.

A streak is a device for making something automatic, and it is worth spending on things you actually want running for years. Applied to something trivial, it produces a pointless obligation you eventually resent. Applied to a keystone habit, it does something remarkable, which is remove the daily decision entirely.

Before starting a streak, ask whether you would want this to be automatic in five years. If not, do not build the machinery. If yes, keep the daily amount small enough that the chain survives your worst weeks, since the chain is the point rather than the volume.