Pay it Forward

This app was born when my wife and I were separated in 2012. I knew I needed to change my negative thinking and reactions so this was my personal solution. 

My very simple first version was very helpful to me so after a period of time, my wife began to use it as well. I had many others express how helpful the app was. 

In 2017, we decided we ABSOLUTELY HAD TO spend the funds to build the next version of the app after a dear soul lost several children to suicide.

This tragic loss for their family impacted me in such an emotional and powerful way because in my teens I too suffered with thoughts of suicide and deep depression at times and on the other hand I have always been impacted and uplifted by positive inspirational reminders which I have used over the years to encourage myself from time to time so as not to give up. 

My wife and I had now been reunited for a year and we decided to expand the app and make it available in all platforms as an app that allows users to share their inspirations with others in a social manner in the IOS and Android platform as the first version had only been available in the Google play store before.  The new version would include a notification schedule that brings up daily reminders of positive inspirations and affirmations which a user has selected they want to be reminded about and focus on daily. 

This act of taking time to mentally focus or meditate on a certain thought daily has everything to do with neuroscience. and can result in helping a person rewire their brain. 

"Neuroplasticity, also known as neural plasticity, or brain plasticity, is the ability of neural networks in the brain to change through growth and reorganization. It is when the brain is rewired to function in some way that differs from how it previously functioned."

Wikipedia

I you Google "neuroscience rewire neural pathways how long does it take", Google will give these results.

"How long does it take for neuroplasticity to work? How long does it take to rewire your brain? It takes between 18 & 254 days for someone to form a new habit. As for averages, creating a new habit takes an average of 66 days."

This is why the app reminds users through a daily custom notification schedule to focus on 

Inspirations they have chosen to focus on daily. 

 I thought that if I could help save one person from this kind of fate brought on by negative thinking, then making the app would all be worth it..... Especially if it can honor the memory of this dear souls children, so as to have a positive lasting affect on the world at large. 

In 2020 The app was nearly completed and we were in the final testing and tweaking phase. All the development costs had been fully paid for from all our personally available funds. 

Then Covid hit and the development company went into intermittent work mode and finally silent to all our inquiries and correspondence. The final product was never delivered and as some say, we were ghosted. 

It was very discouraging personally. I had been working on completing this project and bringing it to the world and now it seemed it was dead again. I laid it down and consulted with my top advisor in heaven who continued to tell me to carry on with the plan. "Really?????......" It almost wasn't what I wanted to hear but knew it was the right thing to do. Persistence is what I kept hearing..... yup...  Don't Give Up!

It was the summer 2022.  I knew I had to regroup on this project so at the end of the summer I began to design the app with all the functionality that I thought it should entail.  This time I decided to build a prototype of it myself in Adobe XD which allows users to create software products that act and feel like the real product without the data being present. I could create a working model of the app so I could show it to you and others who would be willing to consider contributing to the vision and this cause. 

I've now completed the prototype knowing it needs numerous upgrades, however I have created a Minimal Viable Product scope version of the full prototype that will require financial help in order to launch and grow. The goal is to launch it so it is being used by anyone who wants to rewire their brain and focus on making their life the best version of themself that they can become and then continue to grow it as funding is provided. 

I have broken the project down into numerous component with their cost so if you want to donate towards a certain part of the app, contact me to let me know the amount, the date and the component you wish to help with and you will be recognized for that if that is what you want

Please know that we truly appreciate any help you give by  sharing this vision and or  contributing to this vision. Know that you have helped bring this dream to the world to improve the mental health and well being of any and every individual it serves. 

If you would consider joining us and donating to this mission, we would be most grateful for your help. 

You can contact me to discuss this important mission, vision, project  and its' progress and I will keep you in the loop on what is happening as we go forward. 

Thank-you for spending some of your valuable time reading about about this important project and we look forward to meeting you in the future.