My only advice is try, try again. For me the magic number was 5 days in a row. I'm really glad I acquired the taste/slime-tolerance though, because now it is one of my favorite foods.

If you can already deal with the smell/taste, then you might like it better as in natto-maki form:

https://www.google.com/search?q=natto+maki&client=safari&rls...