Getting closer to day 7

Last time I relapsed, I noticed that keeping a day counter as my only motivation ended up hurting more than it helped. So, I thought, what if I counted down days instead?

I set an arbitrary date (one week away to test it out) and set my (personal) day counter to count down to that date. To supplement this, I thought of five rewards in order of preference.
Instead of resetting the counter, I would keep a tally of how many times I PMO'd. If I had 0 tallies, I would earn the grand prize. For every tally I had, I would go down a level for the prize.

Since I kept a perfect score, I will be buying a new T-shirt. It's something I don't usually do, but I've wanted to do it for a while now. It's perfect for a grand prize. Since I wanted the other stuff too, I'm giving myself an option to pick another prize as well.

But I found a problem: I'd have an excuse to quit after I finished the week. To compensate for this, I started another countdown with new prizes in the middle of my current challenge. I set it for two weeks away and picked an even bigger grand prize to make it worth it.

Any thoughts or suggestions on this process?

 

Yeah, I feel that. The small victories are what matters most in the beginning—a low streak is nothing to be ashamed of!