Streaks break. What matters is how fast you start the next one.

A broken streak does most of its damage after the fact. Missing once changes almost nothing, but it tends to harden into a verdict: you are not somebody who keeps things going, so restarting is pointless. That story costs far more than the missed day did. Consistency never meant perfect, it meant short gaps.

When the next one breaks, start again the following day rather than the following month. No penance, no waiting for a clean Monday. People who look disciplined are mostly just fast at beginning again.