Flipped the bracket around, worked way better.

The whole “gratitude entry every morning would fix my consistency” thing sounds like she was trying to force a habit that wasn't yours to begin with. Honestly, maybe the real issue is that you're treating the notebook like it owes you something, when it's just paper that doesn't care if you skip a week. Toss the daily log idea, use that thing for whatever actually feels useful, and stop letting a $28 dot grid boss you around.

The CHEAPEST fix is a $20 moisture trap, it fixed my sputtering in like ten minutes.