{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/resume-after-a-missed-habit-without-inventing-a-debt",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1025",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Resume after a missed habit without inventing a debt",
  "summary": "A broken streak is not an erased skill.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Separate one missed opportunity from abandoning the behavior. In one habit-formation study, a single miss did not materially derail the modeled process. Return at the next feasible cue and inspect the cause only enough to improve the setup.",
  "limits": [
    "This applies to ordinary habits. Missed medicines, safety checks and dependent care have specific consequences and require their own instructions, not this rule."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "life-01-follow-through"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-29340ECC4F62313C"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "In the habit-formation study, missing one opportunity did not materially disrupt the modeled formation process.",
      "source_id": "RS-29340ECC4F62313C",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "This concerns ordinary habit formation, not the consequences of missed medication or other safety-critical duties.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A missed ordinary practice session is turning into a decision to quit."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "This applies to ordinary habits. Missed medicines, safety checks and dependent care have specific consequences and require their own instructions, not this rule."
  ],
  "example": "After missing one language session, you complete the next normal session instead of planning a punishing weekend catch-up.",
  "check": "The gap stops growing, and repeated misses trigger a realistic adjustment.",
  "steps": [
    "Resume the ordinary version at the next suitable opportunity.",
    "Remove a practical barrier when the same miss keeps recurring.",
    "Keep earlier progress in view rather than restarting your identity or compensating excessively."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-29340ECC4F62313C",
      "title": "How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the real world",
      "url": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejsp.674"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-47FBA9A01A76EA0B",
      "title": "Make follow-through easier without a discipline contest",
      "url": "/collections/make-follow-through-easier-without-a-discipline-contest"
    }
  ]
}