Hindsight is 20/20

This week the apps are officially out in the world, Google Play approvals came through (thanks, Google), the App Store is pending, and Jeff explains why getting one app on Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android is such a rare, long road. That leads into the to-do app conversation: the Getting Things Done philosophy behind it, why having a trusted system is the difference between 40 overwhelming obligations and the three that actually matter today, and how a shared list feature has quietly improved the honey-do dynamics of the Schiesser marriage. From there it's the Sydney Marathon looming seven weeks out, the brutally hot Utah Valley Marathon that humbled them both, and what you actually take away from a race that feels like a failure, consistency over outcomes, surviving the next 60 seconds, and not tying the result to the validity of the journey. Katy pushes Jeff on how you discipline your mind, which opens up a surprisingly honest comparison of their very different flavors of imposter syndrome (Katy would show up to couples pickleball night one; Jeff would need ten practice sessions first). The back half goes deep: Jeff's sobriety journey, 1,098 days and counting, how many day-ones it took before one stuck, why identity change beats willpower, and the sobriety tracker he built from what he wished he'd had. They close on Reid Hoffman's line 'if you're not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late,' why that truth applies to podcasts, marathons, and books alike, and why journaling is the only way to see how far you've actually come. Subscribe to help them hit 1,000 so they can finally livestream, and get in touch through buildhorizons.com with questions or topics. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro and Livestream Goal 1:50 Softball in Brutal Heat 3:39 App Store Approvals 5:34 Why To-Do Systems Matter 12:30 Shared Lists in Marriage 14:51 Marathon Training and Utah Recap 23:29 Disciplining Your Mind 28:19 Imposter Syndrome 36:35 Jeff's Sobriety Journey 46:23 Launch Before You're Ready 55:20 Journaling to See Growth 59:05 Housekeeping and Sign-Off #BuildHorizonspodcast #indieappdevelopment #to-doapp #gettingthingsdone #productivitysystems #marathontraining #sobrietyjourney #habitchange The app we mention in the episode, as promised! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/horizon...