Why do badges count months instead of hours?

So everyone grows at the same pace, whatever their circumstances. Every badge counts calendar months, never hours or goals. A month counts once, whether you shared for a few minutes or all day, and whether you mark that you shared or log hours as a pioneer. Badges never reset or depend on an unbroken run of months, so time off for illness, travel, or a hard season takes nothing away; the next month you share simply counts. Your streak is separate and never affects your badges. Year Round counts service years with at least 10 months of sharing, so two months off in a service year never count against you. Because each month counts only once, the highest level, Pearl, takes years. That's on purpose.