(About) Thing™️ is an expiremental monthly pratice. It can be done with anyone and you can use it for anything you want to be more focused and disciplined in. Rather, Thing is any Thing you want more practice in.

Thing™️ is a practice. It's a relationship. It's attention. It's a Thing™️.

Thing™️ was prototyped by Ally Carvalho in 2023. It began as a way to connect with confidence and a long distance friend.

Thing™️ is for everyone but particularly for people who want to practice ______.
People who want to call attention to a part of their lives,
or a part themselves,
and someone else trying to do the same.

Thing™️ is free.

Thing™️ only requires you and your partner's commitment, slice of time and openness.

Thing™️ is a daily digital communication practice with a 1 month commitment.

You pick a partner and from the 1st of the month to the last day of the month, you each commit to to answering your Thing™️ question every day via text.

Past Thing™️s have included:
💬 Outfit of the day & how you felt in said outfit
💬 Poem of the day
💬 Song of the day in a shared playlist. Extra points if you describe why.
💬 Joy of the day
💬 Pleasure of the day
💬 Doodle of the day
💬 Photo to describe the day
💬 Oracle card of the day
💬 Movement of the day

However, Thing™️ can be anything you want to draw attention and commitment to in your life.

Need to build confidence? Do a Thing™️ you are proud of.

Want to be more disciplined in your creativity? Do a Thing™ that made you feel creative.

Want to be more intentional with your spending? Do a Thing™️ you thought about buying but didn't.

1. Practice and make genuine effort to do Thing™️ every day for the month you commit to it. We are all human, and missing Thing™️ should never create shame, guilt, anger or frustration. Pursuit is the Thing™️. Practice is Thing™️. Outcome is not the Thing™️.

2. Should you chose to do Thing™️ for multiple months:
2a. Do not repeat partners
2b. Do not repeat questions or focus
2c. HOWEVER: if you have the desire to, you should.

3. Thing™️ is best utilized between the intimacy of 2 people. Do not let the word intimacy scare you, or make you think that Thing™️ has to be religious, romantic, or sexual in nature. Thing™️ can be benign, profound, simple ~ shoot for something you can actually commit to.

4. Identify a partner for Thing™️. They could be a long distance friend, someone to reconnect with, a parent, a mentor, an old coworker, anyone who you'd like to commit to daily digital intimacy with for a month.

5. Introduce your partner to Thing™️. This is best done 2-3 weeks before you'd ideally like to start. This enables both parties to reflect on what has been on their mind and what they want to commit to for the month.

6. Once a partner is chosen, agree on the month you will be committing to. Factor in travel, social plans, work obligations and energy level. Can both of you actually commit to Thing™️ that month? If not, chose a different month.

7. A week before Thing™️ is set to begin, confirm your topic area / question / daily meditation . A week is just enough time for juices to get flowing and also ensure the topic is relevant to both partners' lives. Pick a topic that is of interest, can be consistent with and be a challenge or an invitation.

8. Start Thing™️ on the 1st of the month (i.e. January 1st or December 1st or July 1st). While you can start Thing™ on any day, starting on the 1st of the month helps set a clear intention, a clear beginning and end. Also helps both partners keep track of Thing™ despite all of life's other needs and requirements.

9. Begin your month of Thing™️ and see where it takes you.