Discipline Is the Price of My Vision

I’m starting to understand something about discipline — and it’s this:

I can’t reach the vision I see unless I train myself to show up, even when I don’t feel like it.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working relentlessly on Routz — a navigation app that I believe will eventually compete with Apple Maps, Google, and Waze. Not because I think I’ll out-route them… but because I’m bringing something they can’t:

Tour Mode. An entire layer of community storytelling for the road. Snippets. Real-time updates. Live local knowledge. It’s like a social feed — but grounded in where you are.

And none of that happens without discipline.

I’ve been fighting resistance the whole way. Some days it looks like procrastination. Other days it’s just mental fog. This week? It’s a vacation with limited internet, where everything in me says “Relax. Disconnect. Chill.”

But part of me can’t. Not because I don’t want rest — but because I know what this thing could be.

I see the vision so clearly…

• Drivers sharing wild stories from their hometown

• Travelers discovering hidden gems from real people, not ads

• A new way to experience the world through the lens of community and voice

But if I don’t build it — who will?

I’m learning that discipline isn’t about grinding non-stop — it’s about showing up consistently, even when it’s inconvenient. Even when WiFi sucks. Even when you’d rather just float through the day.

If you’ve ever battled that tension — between your comfort and your calling — I see you.

And if you’re building something too? Let’s keep going. Let’s finish.

Build it. Or it never exists.