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A SMALL ACT OF KINDNESS, EVERY DAY

One small thing. Today.

Each morning, Today’s 1% offers three small acts of kindness. Pick one, go and do it, then press and hold to mark it done. It takes a minute, and someone’s day is better for it.

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NO. 014 · WED 30 SEP
Smile at everyone for a day
Today, smile first. At everyone. The barista, the bus driver, the stranger at the lights.
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Press and hold to mark it done
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Try it. Tap the dots to see all three, then press and hold the mark.

HOW IT WORKS

A minute a day. Five small steps.

6:24
  1. 01

    It arrives at your time.

    Choose when your 1% turns up each morning. Until then, the app simply tells you when, and nothing about what.

  2. 02

    Three to choose from.

    Swipe between them and pick the one that fits your day. Some days that’s a smile in a lift. Some days it’s a longer conversation.

  3. 03

    Do it, then press and hold.

    Go and do it, out in the world. When you have, hold the mark for two seconds. The ring fills, the counter fills, and the amber spills.

  4. 04

    Leave a note, if you like.

    A line about how it went, and a photo if you took one. Pass it on anonymously to whoever does it next, or keep it to yourself.

  5. 05

    That’s today’s done.

    Nothing else to do. The next one arrives tomorrow. Your days keeps every one you’ve done, and the number only goes up.

WHY

Small things change people. People change the world.

YOU

You don’t need to wait for the world to get better. You can make your small part of it better today, and let that be enough.

SOMEONE ELSE

A smile. Asking how someone’s actually doing and waiting for the real answer. Even just saying hello. It can change someone’s whole day. And when it does, it changes yours too.

EVERYONE AROUND YOU

This isn’t about becoming a different person. It’s about one small thing, today, for you or for someone else.

There’s no streak. There’s no score.

This isn’t about optimising anything. Nothing to protect, nothing to maximise. There’s a thing to do today, and tomorrow there’ll be another one.

The number counts what’s been done. Not how far there is to go.

NO STREAKS
Miss a day and nothing happens.
NO FEED
Other people are a number. Never a name or a face.
NO NOISE
One notification a day, at the time you choose.
THE DETAILS

Made to be opened once, and put down.

Dusk and Daylight

Two looks: one for early dark mornings, one for bright ones. Go on, try them.

Your time, kept

Pick when your 1% arrives. Once set it stays for a day, so there’s nothing to fiddle with.

On your home screen

Widgets show today’s three, or when they’ll arrive. One tap opens the app.

A card, if you want one

Share a card of what you did. Dusk or Daylight, story or square, with your note or without.

Suggest your own

One idea a day. If it runs, you choose how you’re credited, or stay anonymous.

Yours, and anonymous

Your photos are yours. Notes you share never carry your name. Lock the app with Face ID if you like. No ads, no tracking.

“Most people already want the world to be a little better. They’re just waiting for permission to start with something small.”

Today’s 1% started with one decision: to answer “how are you?” with something genuinely good, every time.

DAVE HARRISON · MELBOURNE
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QUESTIONS

Asked, and answered.

No. Miss a day and nothing happens. The count only goes up.

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You don’t need to fix your whole life today.You just need your 1%.

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