Maintaining habits on vacation can be difficult. And sometimes we just don’t want to. But there is no wrong way.

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We track ourselves to create habits. Of walking, reading, flossing, whatever. To make them stick.

We also treat vacation as a special time for rest and to do things differently.

If we choose to take a vacation from our good habits, we ought to be gentle with ourselves for the time away. Otherwise, our diligence in renewing the habit will likely falter.

[This is what causes so many to stumble. Not that they took a break. Or that restarting was objectively hard. But attempting to restart a habit while berating yourself is a recipe for disaster.]

But also, if we choose to take a good habit with us on vacation, we should be generous to ourselves. Make the conditions more likely that the habit can stick.

Several months ago, I moved to a daily blogging habit. To sustain the daily grind, I’ve reduced my own expectations (so fewer eight-thousand word mega-articles) anyway. So while we’re on vacation, I can carve out a few minutes to write. Right?