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Six years ago, I started a paper journal with my kids.

Each page contained four fill-in-the-blank lines: one hard thing to take on, one trap to steer clear of, one thing to be grateful for, and one way to help someone else. It was never really about tracking habits. It was my attempt to teach character the way I think it’s actually built, through small daily practices, not lectures.

I’d wanted to turn it into an app for years. But I’ve spent most of my career building for the App Store, so I knew the number: $50,000 or more in developer time to build. And it just didn’t pencil out.

This year the math finally changed. With Codex, Claude Code, Manus, and a few other tools I was able to design and build the whole thing myself, nights and weekends, no outside help (well I did get 2 hours of help from a designer on the app icon).

Grit Method is that paper journal, turned into the app I always wanted to build.

Grit Method is a habit tracker for character. Each day you set four intentions and check them off as you live them. It keeps your streak, sits on your Home Screen as an interactive widget, and offers hundreds of suggestions for the days you’re not sure what to write. No account, no feed, no noise, just a daily practice in becoming who you said you’d be.