Anyone can show up once when it’s exciting. Trust is built on the second, third and tenth time when it’s not.

Excitement does most of the work the first time, so appearing then proves very little about you. What people are actually measuring is whether you come back once the novelty is gone and nobody would blame you for skipping. Reliability is a pattern, and a pattern needs repetitions.

Pick one thing you have already started and return to it this week, especially on the day it feels flat. Promise fewer people you will be there, then be there. The tenth quiet time is the one they remember.