Skipping class once is easy. The second time is easier. That’s the problem.

Missing something once costs you a little nerve. The second time costs less, because the proof that nothing terrible happened is now sitting in your own experience. That is how a one-off becomes a pattern: not through a decision, but through a price that keeps dropping until the choice stops feeling like one.

Having missed a class, go back to the very next session rather than waiting for a clean week. Treat the rule as being about the second time, not the first. Ask somebody what you missed, so coming back costs you less than staying away.