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Being Kind Online
For anyone who wants their time on screens to feel friendlier. Each day is one small way to bring warmth and care to messages, comments and group chats, from a sincere compliment to pausing before a heated reply.
Kindness · Relationships · Values · Communication · one to-do a day · you choose how many days
The first seven days
- Day 1Compliment one specific detail in a friend's photo instead of just tapping the heart.
- Day 2Thank the person who wrote a recipe you cooked by leaving a comment on how it turned out.
- Day 3Reread any message you wrote while annoyed before you press send, and soften one sentence.
- Day 4Welcome a newcomer in a forum you belong to with a short note and one tip that helped you.
- Day 5Answer a beginner's question in an online group as patiently as you would want someone to answer yours.
- Day 6Read an entire post, including the last paragraph, before you write a single word in reply.
- Day 7Write a five-star review for a small local business that earned it, and name the person who helped you.
Further into the year
The to-dos keep changing as the year goes on. A few from later in this theme:
- Day 30Describe a stranger in a story you post with the same respect you'd want if they read it.
- Day 60Use people's chosen names and pronouns as they list them in their profile.
- Day 120Tell a friend which of their online posts you still remember, and why it stuck with you.
- Day 240Write "I might be misreading this, but" before raising a concern about a message.
- Day 365End your day online by sending one warm message to someone who doesn't expect it.
How a challenge works
A Theraglee challenge is a theme with one small to-do for every day of a year. You choose how long yours runs, anywhere from a week to the full year, and each day you get the next to-do: something that takes a few minutes and fits inside an ordinary day. Tick it off when it is done. Nothing is scored and nothing is lost if you miss a day; the next to-do is simply waiting when you come back.
Challenges come with a free Theraglee account, which never asks for a card. Your progress stays private to you.