Done Is Better Than Perfect

The First Step at 4 AM

I couldn’t sleep. The kids were tucked in. The house was clean. The dishwasher hummed softly in the background. But my mind? My mind was loud.

I did what we all do when the night feels too long, I reached for my phone. One scroll turned into another, diving from one piece of content to the next. Consuming, consuming,
consuming.

And then it hit me: This isn’t it.

Scrolling isn’t creating. Watching isn’t sharing. Consuming isn’t living. I realized I didn’t want to scroll my way through another sleepless night. I wanted to create something that mattered. I wanted to share.

A Word Appeared

I sat up. Grabbed a pen. Let the thoughts tumble out. They were messy at first, a flood of half-formed ideas, fragments of stories, and scattered questions.

But then, clarity struck. A single word surfaced: grit.

Grit is what gets us through. It’s what pushes us forward when everything feels uncertain, when the path is unclear, when we don’t feel ready but show up anyway. It’s not about polish or perfection. It’s about resilience, persistence, and finding a way.

And so, TheGritLog was born.

What It’s For

This isn’t a manifesto. It’s not a polished vision or a 10-year plan. It’s a log—a collection of thoughts, lessons, and stories. It’s raw, it’s real, and it’s for anyone who’s awake at 4 AM, wondering, “What now?”

For the restless, the doers, the ones who don’t always have the answers but keep showing up anyway.

Done Is Better Than Perfect

Sometimes, starting is enough.

Here it is: TheGritLog. A space for resilience, for reflection, for the messy in-between moments. It’s not perfect, but it’s real.

What will you start tonight?



With grit and gratitude, The Gritter