Project Grit

We empower individuals to overcome mediocrity through physical and mental chalenges

10/25/2026

17 years ago tonight.

Still looking at her the same way.

Anna, I know I’m not the easiest man to live with. You’ve stuck with me anyway. You’re my anchor. You keep me steady, you’ve built our home, and you’ve raised two great kids alongside me.

I wouldn’t be the man I am without you.

Happy anniversary. I’d do it all again.

10/24/2026

I never wanted to quit on the Ruck Across Texas. Not once. 1,046 miles. Forty days. Solo.

But I fought the urge to quit every single day.

Those are two different things. Most people think if the thought of quitting shows up, something is wrong with them. It’s not. Your body hurts first. Then your mind shows up with a reason. It doesn’t sound like quitting. It sounds smart. Like you’ve earned a break.

The wanting never came. The fight came every day.

The finish was too far to look at. Staring at it is how you talk yourself out. So I looked at the next tree. The next fence post. Got there. Picked another one. Repeat.

A hard job. A hard season. Getting sober. Life’s gonna throw you excuses. Good ones. They don’t get a vote unless you give them one.

You don’t have to finish it today. You just have to get through this part.

10/22/2026

Solo doesn’t always
mean alone.

A week into 1,046 miles across Texas. Second of six community events, just outside Brenham.

I wasn’t alone

Every mile was mine to carry. I still never carried them by myself.

Community ain’t a crowd cheering at the finish. It’s the handful who drive out to a gravel road to walk a few miles beside you. It’s who picks you up when you can’t get up on your own.

Daniel Carlton said it plain: “Life’s going to hit us... I got people that have been there to pick me up along the way.”

Find your people. Then go walk with them.

10/12/2026

Everything I learned the hard way, you get for free.

The streets. The jails. Getting sober. 1,046 miles across Texas. I paid for every lesson. You don’t have to.

Every Tuesday, the Gritty Newsletter hits your inbox.

The Standard. One hard truth. A couple minutes with your coffee.

Lessons From Kenny. My late mentor. The man who got me sober. What he taught me still holds.

Grit Check. One thing to go do that week. Then go do it.

What’s coming. Rucks and events, so you know where to show up.

No hype. No fluff. No spam.

Sign up at

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10/11/2026

The world sizes you up in about two seconds.

Your build. Your gear. What’s missing.

God’s not looking at any of that.
He’s looking at
what got you out the door.
What keeps you climbing
when the trail goes straight up
and nobody would blame you
for turning around.

You can fake the outside a long time.
You can’t fake the miles.

10/08/2026

WE STARTED WITHOUT YOU.
BUT YOU’RE NOT TOO LATE.

We’re 8 days into the ONE DAMN MILE Challenge.

Some people have already put in 8 eight days of getting up, strapping on a ruck, and doing what they said they would do.

Rain or shine. Motivated or not.

And here’s the thing.
**You can still get in.**

This isn’t about who started first. It’s about who has the discipline to finish what they started.

One mile. Outside. Every damn day.

31 consecutive days.
No banking miles.
No shortcuts. No excuses.
Miss a day? Start over.
Sounds simple, doesn’t it?

That’s the point.

The mile isn’t the hard part. Keeping your word when you don’t feel like it is.
And when you’ve done that 31 days straight, you’ve earned yourself a patch.

But the patch isn’t the point.
**IT’S THE RECEIPT.**

Proof that you showed up when it would’ve been easier not to.

🔥 **REGISTRATION CLOSES OCTOBER 15.**

💀 $30 to enter. Any pack weight counts. Start your 31-day streak when you join.

Don’t sit on the sidelines watching everybody else do hard things.

**GET IN. PUT IN YOUR MILE. EARN YOUR GRIT.**

Register at OFFICIALPROJECTGRIT.COM

Link in bio.

10/07/2026

Seven days in. This is where it stops being exciting and starts being real.

Anybody can show up when it’s new. The test is the mile you do when it’s just a mile.

Still time to join. Registration is open through October 15th, and your Day 1 starts the day you sign up. Complete the 31 days, earn the patch.

Sign up at officialprojectgrit.com.
Link in bio.

10/06/2026

You already know where the gap is.
Nobody has to point at it.

The word you gave and let slide.
The workout you skip when nobody’s watching.
The man you are at home versus the man you are in public.

The gap doesn’t close with a plan.
It closes with the next small thing done right.
Then the next one.

You don’t have to close all of it today.
Just the part in front of you.

Close it.

10/05/2026

A year ago I was standing on the rocks where the Sabine River meets the Gulf, at daybreak, about to ruck 1,000 miles across Texas by myself.

I wasn’t sure. I had a plan on paper. What I didn’t have was any proof I could do it consistently. Day after day, for forty days straight. I was fifty-four years old, and I’d never asked my body to do anything like that.

Every mile after that first one had something behind it. Mile two had mile one. Mile five hundred had four hundred ninety-nine. The first mile had nothing. No rhythm. No proof. Just a decision.

People ask what the hardest part was. It wasn’t the miles. It was showing up. That first morning, and the thirty-nine after it.

A lot of people think you have to feel ready before you start something big. I didn’t feel ready that morning. I just showed up and started walking. The confidence I’ve got now. I picked it up out there, one damn mile at a time.

If there’s something you keep putting off because you don’t feel ready, I get it. But ready doesn’t come first. Showing up does.

Take the first step. Figure out the rest on the way.

10/04/2026

Every man has a void. Something always moves in to fill it.

For a long time I filled mine with things that only made the hole bigger and the load heavier.

The weight on your back is not what breaks you.
The emptiness is.

Fill the void.
Fill it with the Spirit.

Train the legs.
Train the mind.
But fill the spirit.

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