The main reason I am still able to keep up my daily blogging habit is because I have been doing this for more than 1200 days now.
Streaks help you stick. Streaks are anti-fragile – the bigger the streak, the stronger and stickier it gets. It helps if the effort needed to preserve the streak is small. It also helps if your streak is public.
If you wish to get better at something – a little bit everyday – streaks are your best bet.