The first time it’s a mistake. The fifth time it’s a routine you haven’t admitted to.

Something that happens once is an event, and something that keeps happening is a system you are part of. The shift is uncomfortable because the language stays the same the whole way through, so the fifth time still gets called a slip. That description is what keeps it running, since a slip needs no changes and a pattern does.

Count it honestly. Not to build a case against yourself, only to see the number, because the number makes the conversation possible. Then change one condition around it rather than promising to try harder.