I asked the first question. My voice went on the first word, then it didn’t.
Choose who you want to become.
Then go and do it.
Laurels is being built to turn what you want for yourself into action. Personal daily side quests. Harder Quests less often. An honest record of what you did.
Personal to you. Made for doing.
Tell Laurels who you want to become and where you are starting. Want to speak up? Your next act might be a question at a talk. Want to make things? It might be finishing your first piece. The same ambition needs a different challenge for each person.
The planned rhythm is a small side quest each day, with harder Quests less often. The screens below show the experience being built.
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Two ways in. Both of them hard.
One is your best next step. The other gets there another way. Nothing to browse — choosing is where good intentions go to die.
This week’s Quest is in.
Two ways in. Take one.
Both are hard. Pick the one you would rather do.
Dare
At the next talk, meeting or session where questions are invited, ask the first one.
Take this one
Deepen
Ask someone close to you a question you have never asked them.
Take this one
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You take one, and name a time.
“This week” is a wish. “Thursday, 9:30” is a plan. Nothing is enforced and nobody is told.
Dare · Quest
When will you do it?
Naming the time is most of it. Pick one you would keep.
Day and time
Thursday
09:30
MonTueWedThuFriSatSunCommit
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Then you say it out loud.
One sentence, success or defeat. A record that holds only the good weeks is a record of nothing.
Dare · Thursday, 09:30
So, what happened?
In one line
I asked the first question. My voice went on the first word, then it didn’t.
I did it
I didn’t
A life that can’t be generated.
Anyone can generate a portfolio, a photograph, a voice, a personality. Nobody can generate a Tuesday spent walking into a room and speaking first.
Receipts for all of it.
Every Quest you record is kept: what you did, when, and how it went. A Defeat stays with the same weight as a Success. Your Chronicle is private.
Quests come in ten kinds.
- Connect
- Dare
- Advance
- Create
- Explore
- Deepen
- Move
- Unplug
- Contribute
- Navigate
Chronicle
Three new places out of five. Friday I ate at my desk again.
Asked my dad what he wanted to be at 20. He talked for 40 minutes.
Questions
What happens if I don’t do it?
You say so, and it is recorded as a Defeat, with the same weight as a Success. Nobody chases you and nobody is told.
Does anyone else see any of this?
The Chronicle is designed as your private record. Social features are a future direction, rather than part of the app described here.
Who is it for?
People who want to grow by doing things. Choose what you want for yourself, then practise it in your own life. The app is for people aged 18 and over.
When can I get it, and what does it cost?
It is still being built. Join the waitlist for one email when it opens. Availability and pricing will be confirmed at launch.