Everything you can text us

Texting Guide — by 45 Book Summaries

One number runs all four programs, and you steer every one of them by text. No login, no form, no app. Here's every word it understands.

Text

(737) 373-2281

Forget all of this and text MENU — you'll get the short list back, built around the programs you're actually in.

How a command is put together

Name the program, say what you want, add the value. That's it:

GRATITUDE TIME 7am

Leave the program name off and it applies to whatever you're running, so plain PROFILE shows all of it and plain PAUSE holds all of it. Case doesn't matter. Neither does punctuation.

The same nine verbs, on all four programs

Verb	What it does
PROFILE	What’s set, and where you are in it
NOW	Send this week’s or today’s right away
UPDATE	Change one setting — see each program below
TIME	Move the send hour (the two daily programs)
SKIP	Sit out the next one
PAUSE	Hold it and keep your place
RESUME	Pick it back up
RESTART	Start the run over (the two daily programs)
OFF	Leave this one program, keep the others

Works anywhere, any time

Text this	What happens
MENU	The short list of what you can text, built around the programs you’re actually in.
PROFILE	Every program you’re in. In just one? The whole record for it — every setting, and what’s still blank.
PAUSE	Holds everything. Nothing sends until you text RESUME. Your place is saved.
RESUME	Starts it all back up, picking up where you left off.
HELP	The carrier help reply: who we are, how to reach a person.
STOP	Ends every message from this number. One confirmation, then silence.
START	Turns texts back on after a STOP.

30-Day Gratitude Journal

One prompt a day for thirty days. Text back three good things and you get a short reflection.

Text this	What happens
GRATITUDE	Where you are in the thirty days, plus what you can text.
GRATITUDE PROFILE	Everything saved about you here, and how to change any of it.
GRATITUDE TIME 7am	Moves the daily prompt. Any format works — 7am, 8:30pm, 19:00. Add a zone if we guessed wrong: TIME 7am ET. Text TIME on its own and we’ll ask what time you want.
GRATITUDE NOW	Sends today’s prompt right now instead of waiting. The one that was coming won’t double up.
GRATITUDE SKIP	Skips the next prompt. Nothing else moves, and you don’t lose a day.
GRATITUDE PAUSE	Stops the prompts and holds your place.
GRATITUDE RESUME	Picks the run back up at the day you were on. Also the fix if prompts quietly stopped arriving.
GRATITUDE RECAP	Sends a recap of your last few entries right now, instead of waiting for the weekly one.
GRATITUDE RESTART	Back to day 1 with thirty fresh prompts. Your old entries stay put.
GRATITUDE OFF	Leaves this program only. Your other texts keep coming. Plain STOP ends every program at once.

What you can change

Field	What it sets	Example
TIME	When the daily prompt lands	GRATITUDE UPDATE TIME 7am
NAME	What we call you	GRATITUDE UPDATE NAME Alex

Habit Builder

Daily nudges for one habit you pick, in your own words, for up to thirty days. Each day’s text is written that day, from how your run is actually going — text back after each rep and the messages get smarter.

Text this	What happens
HABIT	What you’re building, when the nudges come, and what you can text.
HABIT PROFILE	Everything saved about your run, and how to change any of it.
HABIT read 10 pages	Switches the habit mid-run, without starting your days over.
HABIT TIME 6am	Moves the daily nudge. Text TIME on its own and we’ll ask what time you want.
HABIT NOW	Sends today’s nudge right now.
HABIT RECAP	Your run in numbers: the count, the streak, and the pattern in your misses.
HABIT SKIP	Skips the next nudge and leaves the rest alone.
HABIT PAUSE	Holds the run. RESUME brings it back.
HABIT RESUME	Picks it back up. Also the fix if nudges quietly stopped arriving.
HABIT RESTART	Starts the run over from day 1. Your old score stays on the books.
HABIT OFF	Leaves this program only. Plain STOP ends every program at once.

What you can change

Field	What it sets	Example
TIME	When the nudge lands	HABIT UPDATE TIME 6am
HABIT	What you’re building	HABIT UPDATE HABIT walk after dinner
DAYS	How often — DAILY, WEEKDAYS, 3XWEEK, or WEEKLY	HABIT UPDATE DAYS WEEKDAYS
LENGTH	How many days the run lasts, 1 to 60	HABIT UPDATE LENGTH 30
CUE	The when-and-where the habit hooks to	HABIT UPDATE CUE after coffee, kitchen table
SMALL	The two-minute version for bad days	HABIT UPDATE SMALL read one page
REWARD	The small reward after each rep	HABIT UPDATE REWARD one episode after
WITNESS	Who knows you’re doing this	HABIT UPDATE WITNESS Sami
STAKE	What missing twice in a row costs you	HABIT UPDATE STAKE $20 to a cause I hate

Family Events

A short list of family-friendly things to do near you, once a week.

Text this	What happens
EVENTS	What the weekly picks are tuned to, and what you can text.
EVENTS PROFILE	Everything saved about your family, your notes read back in full, and how to change any of it.
EVENTS NOW	Scouts your area and texts this week’s ideas within a few minutes, instead of waiting for your send day.
IDEAS more outdoors, less crafts	Tunes next week’s picks. Plain words work — the IDEAS prefix just makes sure it lands here.
EVENTS SKIP	Sits out one week. We tell you the date it picks back up.
EVENTS PAUSE	Holds the weekly text until you text RESUME.
EVENTS OFF	Leaves this program only. Plain STOP ends every program at once.

What you can change

Field	What it sets	Example
ZIP	Where to look	EVENTS UPDATE ZIP 78749
NAME	What we call you	EVENTS UPDATE NAME Alex
KIDS	Ages, so the picks fit	EVENTS UPDATE KIDS 4 and 7
LIKES	What to lean toward	EVENTS UPDATE LIKES parks, water, free
DISLIKES	What to skip	EVENTS UPDATE DISLIKES anything past 8pm
NOTES	Anything else, in your words — adds to the same pile IDEAS writes to, and nothing you’ve said gets dropped to make room	EVENTS UPDATE NOTES they love trains

Date Scout

One scouted date idea a week — a show in town, a new spot, or a night in done right.

Text this	What happens
DATE	What the picks are tuned to, and what you can text.
DATE PROFILE	Everything saved about you two, your notes read back in full, and how to change any of it.
DATE NOW	Scouts and texts an idea within a few minutes, instead of waiting for Monday.
Loved it, more live music	Any plain reply to a Date Scout text is feedback. Next week leans that way.
DATE SKIP	Sits out one week. We tell you the date it picks back up.
DATE PAUSE	Holds the weekly idea until you text RESUME.
DATE OFF	Leaves this program only. Plain STOP ends every program at once.

What you can change

Field	What it sets	Example
ZIP	Where to look	DATE UPDATE ZIP 78749
NAME	You — the one doing the planning	DATE UPDATE NAME Alex
PARTNER	Them — the one being taken out	DATE UPDATE PARTNER Sami
RELATIONSHIP	Wife, husband, girlfriend, partner	DATE UPDATE RELATIONSHIP wife
BUDGET	What a night out should cost	DATE UPDATE BUDGET under $60
LIKES	Food you love	DATE UPDATE LIKES tacos, good pizza
DISLIKES	Food to skip	DATE UPDATE DISLIKES sushi, anything spicy
MUSIC	What you’d actually go see	DATE UPDATE MUSIC country, blues
DRINKS	YES or NO — NO keeps bars and breweries out entirely	DATE UPDATE DRINKS no
DRIVE	How far you’ll go	DATE UPDATE DRIVE 20 minutes
WHEN	The nights you actually get out	DATE UPDATE WHEN Friday after 7
KIDS	YES or NO — YES means a sitter is part of the plan	DATE UPDATE KIDS yes
NOTES	Anything else, in your words — adds to what’s there, and nothing you’ve said gets dropped to make room	DATE UPDATE NOTES anniversary in June

Your journal entry is safe

Real answers start with command words all the time. "Time with my kids" is a gratitude entry. "Menu planning finally clicked" is a gratitude entry. So a command word on its own only counts as a command when it's the whole message, or when a program name comes first.

PROFILE on its own is a command. Profile pictures took forever today is an entry.
GRATITUDE TIME 7am is a command. Time with my kids, coffee, a quiet house is an entry.
HABIT UPDATE DAYS WEEKDAYS is a command. HABIT walk after dinner names a new habit.

When something's genuinely ambiguous, we ask instead of guessing. And if a command doesn't take, nothing changes — you'll get a reply telling you what shape it wanted.

Leaving

STOP ends everything from this number. One confirmation, then nothing else.
GRATITUDE OFF (or HABIT, EVENTS, DATE) leaves that one program and keeps the rest. Plain STOP is a carrier keyword and ends every program on the number at once.
PAUSE is the gentler version — it holds your place instead of throwing it away.
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