For context, I have solo created my own iOS app called Grit: stoic journal. It's an app that provides daily/weekly stoic quotes, allows you to keep reflections and journals, do meditation, breathing exercises with some really cool features and it even has sleep sounds. My dream is to reach 1000 monthly users, literally, I have been dreaming about it haha.. she is far from perfect, and that's okay!
I have ADHD and it has manhandled me since I was young. I've always picked things up fast and if I don't, well it's stupid and I hate it. Developing my app has been challenging, particularly due to dealing with my brain and forcing myself to finish it. I've got a pretty decent amount of time during hyperfocus to get things done, but if it's not done in that time? Well, it's just put in a sad little dusty corner in my brain with all the other lost and forgotten projects..
But this time... I did it. I coded it to a level it is good enough to release. I pushed through the iOS release by myself. And I am still here pushing on, constantly reminding myself that it's not done, not even close.
I'm not looking for sympathy points, but when I say I have NEVER won a prize, competition, raffle, anything, I mean NEVER. They say this stuff has a lot to do with hard work, but also a lot to do with luck and timing. That terrifies me, I don't feel like I am THAT guy... you know, the kind you read about or the kind they make YouTube documentaries on?
Whether I reach my goal of a thousand monthly users or not, I am so proud of myself for actually getting one of my ideas to a point where I can share it with actual humans, it's fascinating to think someone can benefit from code I strung together. I have done it with and without hyperfocus and worked on it when I really didn't want to, when all I wanted to do was game or sleep.
Whether this app is successful or not, it has rewired my brain. It has shown me that not everything is a race and sharing my ideas with people is the most rewarding part, money is just a perk.
I'm just.. proud.
- Please if you have something you are proud of and love the idea of sharing with others, please drop it below, I will check it out!