Every time I try to start new habits, I go strong for a week and then collapse from exhaustion or lose all interest. It makes me feel like I can’t stick to anything. Has anyone found a gentle method that doesn’t make you feel like you’re failing the moment you skip a day?

I realized the problem wasn’t my discipline but the intensity I forced onto myself when starting new habits. In the middle of searching for something kinder, I read a wisey app review that described a softer habit-building approach, and that idea made everything easier. Once I let myself progress slowly and treated missed days as normal rather than fatal, the habits started sticking almost on their own and the burnout nearly disappeared.