The part you can move
In 2005, three psychologists proposed that about 40 percent of how happy we feel comes from what we do on purpose, day after day, rather than from our genes or our circumstances. The exact number has been argued over since, and it is not a precise share. The idea underneath has held up: small, chosen actions, repeated, change how a life feels. That is why Chirpi is built around one small step a day.
Books we keep coming back to
The How of Happiness
The research behind the part you can move, and a dozen ways to move it.
Sonja LyubomirskyIkigai
A reason to get up in the morning, and how the people of Okinawa keep theirs.
Héctor García and Francesc MirallesThe Little Book of Hygge
Why candlelight, good company and a warm drink matter more than they seem to.
Meik WikingAtomic Habits
How tiny changes, made easy and repeated, add up to a different life.
James ClearMan's Search for Meaning
On finding a why that can carry almost any how.
Viktor E. FranklThe Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Keeping what matters, letting go of the rest, and the lightness that follows.
Marie KondoThree old ideas, inside the app
Ikigai
The Japanese word for a reason to get up in the morning. In Chirpi it is one sentence of your own at the top of your vision board, found in a conversation and changed whenever you change.
Hygge
The Danish art of the little things that bring peace: a walk, a window, a meal with friends. In Chirpi you name your own, and each can become a habit or a one-off for a hard day.
Feng shui
The Chinese practice of arranging a space so it feels right. Chirpi takes the plain part of it: what to clear and order, in your room and in your head, one thing at a time.
Ideas are only the start
Reading about a good life is pleasant. Living a slightly better Tuesday is the point. Chirpi turns each of these ideas into a step small enough to take today.