Gratitude Drop

Look, sometimes you want to do things that make money. Nothing wrong with that, we've all got bills to pay.

But hopefully, sometimes, you do things just because you think they're the right thing to do.

I got the idea back when my kids were in middle school that there should be an "antidote to doom scrolling." I imagined a whole social network that somehow didn't have negativity and creeps and stuff for parents to worry about. Of course I was never going to be able to pull that off. But the essence of the idea never left my mind.

I'm also a fan, in theory, of Daily Gratitude practice. That's when you take a moment every day to remind yourself of the things you have in life to be thankful for. I remember reading a book on the subject that said, "Think of 5. If you can't think of 5, think of 10." I got that. They're there. If you don't see them, you're not looking hard enough.

One day the idea hit me, maybe sometimes you want to read, not write. Maybe you can borrow somebody else's gratitude. So I pictured a crowdsourced gratitude site. Everybody dumps theirs into the pool, and then each day we generate a sample - a "drop", the way the kids say it. Whether you've got anything special to contribute, doesn't matter. Come by each day, read other people's.

The site's free, and always will be. No ads, no signups. It's also curated, by me, so there will never be any negativity. No politics, no attacks, no creepy stuff. Just gratitude. I originally built it as a web site, complete with a content engine, API, and admin tools (because that's what I do for a living). As of March 2026 it's available as an Android app too, precisely because able to leverage all that stuff that already existed. The mobile app's just a new front end, I didn't have to reinvent any wheels. I hope to make an iOS version soon, once I can pin down one of my kids long enough to use their phone for beta test.