There is only one goal. That's to keep working and keep flossing.
Surfing is kind of a good metaphor for the rest of life. The extremely good stuff - chocolate and great sex and weddings and hilarious jokes - fills a minute portion of an adult lifespan. The rest of life is the paddling: work, paying bills, flossing, getting sick, dying.
People who smoke cigarettes, they say "You don't know how hard it is to quit smoking. " Yes I do. It's as hard as it is to start flossing.
He's getting dumped. And he doesn't even know it yet. He's probably eating a cheeseburger or flossing or picking up his dry cleaning, and he has no idea. No inkling.
Like flossing, frequent engagement with a product, especially over a short period of time, increases the likelihood of forming new routines.