“I had the same question as Sammy”
Somebody, woodinville · Be the second person to volunteer · 18 hours ago
Small kind things, and where they travel.
Not grand gestures. Specific, doable things — with the reason each one actually lands, which is usually the part nobody explains.
One thing, today
Tell someone about money they are entitled to
Billions in benefits, reliefs and refunds go unclaimed every year, mostly by people who do not know they qualify.
- Half an hour
- Free
- A friend
Not this one? Three questions and we will pick, or browse the whole library.
Every dot is a kind thing somebody actually did and recorded — 29 acts across 5 countries. Where they have reached
“It was good to see the positive reaction from the kid that I was willing to stop and let him finish the sentence and hear him out.”
Do one thing, then hand it on
A chain is a single act passed from person to person. It is the only thing here that grows without anybody organizing it.
Do something for somebody
Anything at all. Record it when it is done — one tap, no account.
Give them the code
Send it, or say it out loud. Theirs to use or ignore, and nothing chases them.
Watch where it goes
Everyone who does the same thing and adds themselves is another stop.
Chains you have started →How they work
2 chains are being passed from person to person right now, and the longest has reached 3 people.
Happening now
What people actually wrote, and one thing nobody has answered yet.
Nobody has answered this
What is the best twenty dollars you have ever spent on somebody else?
Answer it · asked 2 days ago
“Wrote a letter to my friend cherishing our friendship”
Raj, Seattle · Write an actual letter · 5 days ago
“happiness all-around”
Somebody · Buy two and leave one · 5 days ago
“It led to hearing stories about her friends... good bonding time”
Somebody, Austin · Learn the names of your child's friends · 6 days ago
There is a great deal more
Or by what today allows
What people are doing this week
Bring the trash cans back up
Sixty seconds of your afternoon, and someone comes home to one less thing.
5 minutesFreeA neighbor2 people did this
Buy two and leave one
Suspended coffees, paid-forward meals and school-fund top-ups exist. Most people have never noticed the option.
5 minutesUnder $10A stranger1 person did this
Learn the names of your child's friends
Knowing who is who turns 'how was school' into a conversation that can actually go somewhere.
5 minutesFreeA friend1 person did this
Start with one of these
Talk to the one who married in
Every family gathering has somebody who knows none of the stories, and everybody is assuming somebody else is talking to them.
Half an hourFreeA relative
Call the relative you only see at funerals
Nobody fell out. It lapsed on its own, and now the only time you are in a room together is when somebody has died.
5 minutesFreeA relative
Ask whether it can be repaired, before you buy it
One question at the point of purchase decides the next ten years of that object.
5 minutesFreeThe planet
There is one email a month — a themed month, a few things for the situations you care about, and one sentence somebody wrote. No images, no tracking, and a link in every edition that erases your address completely.