One photo and one word a day, kept as a glass marble on the ring of your year. Every few weeks Marbles writes you a short poem about what it noticed. No streaks, no scores, no feed. The photo is never kept. Some days come down to a moment: one feeling, a word, a picture. Some we remember, some we forget, and some we need reminding of. Marbles keeps them in view. For anyone who wants to notice their days without keeping a journal. Once a day, Marbles asks you to look at your day: what is in front of you, or you. One picture, one word for how it was. Ten seconds. That's the whole habit. Marbles reads the picture's colours and lets the picture go. The colours drift loose in the glass until your word goes in, and then they set into a marble: a swirl, a cat's eye, a ribbon, a flame, confetti, stripes, goldstone. The picture decides which. The word decides how it feels. The marble rolls into its place on the ring of your year, and the others make room for it. POEMS ABOUT YOUR YEAR Every two weeks, every month and at the end of the year, Marbles writes you a short poem from your days: the colours, the words you chose, the hours you looked, the lines you wrote. It notices. It never counts, never scores and never tells you to do better. It is a witness, not a coach. SEE THE YEAR YOU'RE HAVING Over the weeks the ring fills: the grey weeks, the bright ones, the word you keep coming back to. Hold any day to look into its glass again. At the year's end, the ring and its poem come together as one picture of your year. FOR YOU IF - journals feel like homework and mood trackers feel like a test - you want to remember this year, not just get through it - you'd like a small pause in the evening that asks for nothing else WHAT IT LEAVES OUT, ON PURPOSE - Your photos. Only their colours stay, so any day is worth looking at, even a messy one. If you want to keep the pictures, your camera roll does that better. - Numbers. No charts, streaks or scores, so a missed day costs you nothing. - Long entries. One line, written on the day, so it never turns into homework. - Advice. The poems notice what happened and leave the meaning to you. - An audience. No feed and no account, so it is only ever for you. THE PICTURE IS NEVER KEPT Marbles looks at your day once, on your phone, and keeps only its colours. The poems are written on your phone too. Nothing leaves it. No account, no analytics, no advertising. QUIET BY DESIGN A lamp-lit table, glass that catches the light of the hour, a piano playing the year's theme in the room. One reminder in the evening, at a time you choose. PRICE The first 30 days are free. Then Marbles is £9.99, once. Not a subscription: every year after is included. If you don't pay, nothing is lost: your ring and its poems stay yours to look at.
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