Relapsed on night 2 of my 100-day challenge. Do I reset the counter or keep going?

This isn’t really a standard progress update. It’s more of a reflection on how badly Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD) has impacted my life, and how seeing success stories in this community finally urged me to stop.

I’m a student, and I’m only two days into my 100-day challenge. At first, it was going surprisingly well—I was effectively cutting off the daydreams (DD) the moment they popped up. To help myself, I completely stopped listening to music, watching YouTube, and I hid my headset away, since those are my biggest triggers to daydream comfortably.

Usually, even if I try to study for 30 minutes, I only actually focus for about 12 minutes; the rest is spent daydreaming. Cutting it out made me realize just how badly my attention span has been ruined. My mind kept trying to fill the silence with random, intrusive thoughts, but mindfulness meditation actually helped a lot.

However, last night, things went wrong. I felt incredibly bored, couldn't focus on studying, and felt like my brain just stopped taking in data. Because I had nothing else to do, I decided to go to bed early around 8:30 PM, hoping a good sleep would clear my head. Normally I sleep around midnight, but I love sleeping and figured I'd pass out easily because I was tired.

Instead, my body betrayed me. I lay awake past 11:00 PM. My head was completely overwhelmed with racing thoughts. Because of the insomnia, I got a massive trigger to daydream. I successfully fought it off three or four times, but eventually, I slipped up and gave in just to get some rest. I fell asleep quickly after that, and I don't even remember what I daydreamed about.

I feel guilty for breaking the streak I was pinning so much hope on. But at the same time, I woke up today feeling energetic, clear-headed, and haven’t had a single trigger yet.

Even in just two short days, the quality of life difference was insane:

• Academics: I was doing noticeably better (not my all-time best, but way better than the last few months).
• Socially: I usually daydream even while people are talking to me, but I was actually present and had a great time with my parents and friends.
• Mentally: I felt a genuine sense of peace, free from the usual guilt of wasting my life away.

Because I can clearly see how much better life is without MD, I am absolutely not quitting this journey. But I'm torn on how to track it.

Should I reset my streak back to Day 1, or should I forgive the slip-up and just continue as Day 3? How do you guys handle tracking your streaks when you slip up early on?