In some ways, it&#x27;s the fear of facing that guilt that makes the &quot;chain method&quot; work so well. The tricky part, when you miss a day, is figuring out a way to cope with that guilt and frustration without letting it undermine your efforts in general. Especially if you miss multiple days in a row, for instance. Which is hard, because that requires a lot of motivation--which is one of the things the &quot;chain method&quot; is meant to enforce. So in some ways, it&#x27;s a chicken and egg sort of problem. You just have to hope that you&#x27;ve done it enough that, when you wind up facing a missed day, you&#x27;ve built up your motivation for the task enough to get back into it.