Day 9: Met someone ambitious

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The Streak Situation

Day 9 and I have to admit, the LeetCode streak broke. The GitHub streak did too. Too many relatives around, schedule completely thrown off, and I couldn’t maintain it.

But here’s the thing—I’m not pausing, just restarting. A broken streak doesn’t mean failure; it just means resetting the counter and keeping going. The work still matters even if the number goes back to zero.

People get too attached to streaks. They become more about maintaining the number than actually doing meaningful work. Missing a day because life happens doesn’t erase everything I’ve learned or built; it just means I start counting from one again on Wednesday.

I met someone recently who’s really ambitious about what they’re trying to build. It got me thinking I should be pushing harder too. It’s easy to get comfortable with your current pace—you’re doing something every day, so you feel productive enough. Then you meet someone operating at a different level, and it reminds you that you could be doing more.

Not in a comparison way that makes you feel bad, but as a reminder of what focused ambition looks like. When someone’s really locked in on their goals, it’s contagious.

Plans for Wednesday

• ML catch‑up begins Wednesday. I’ll finally sit down and get back on track instead of saying “I’ll catch up eventually.”
• LeetCode resumes then too. I’m restarting the streak and being more realistic about maintaining it even when the environment changes.

That’s the energy for moving forward: not just showing up and doing the minimum, but being ambitious about what I’m trying to achieve.

Day 9 done. Streaks broken, ambition renewed—Wednesday we reset everything and I’ll pause my other account.