Ballast
Written for your situation

Affirmations that don’t lie to you.

For the exam, the diagnosis, the 4am feed — sentences you can say out loud without wincing.

Launching soon. No account. No streak nagging. Fifty affirmations free, forever.

I don't have to feel lucky on command.

For new parents

I can't out-work a problem that needs a decision.

For work stress

I'm not exaggerating. I'm reporting.

For chronic illness

The worst realistic outcome here is a resit, not a ruined life.

Resting counts, even if I'm not asleep.

Written for anxiety

“I am a magnet for miracles.”

the kind that leaves you alone with it

“I've spent the morning polishing a detail nobody will notice. That's fear with a to-do list.”

the kind that sits with you until it passes

Thirty seconds a day

A ritual, not a feed

01

Naps carry no moral weight.

Pick your situation

Anxiety, exams, work, chronic illness, new parenthood. The words change completely depending on what you are in.

02

Not every question my mind asks tonight needs an answer.

Three cards, then it stops

A session is three sentences, then “that’s all for today.” No infinite scroll. The streak lives quietly in the app, never in your notifications.

03

Forty real minutes beats four hours of sitting near my notes.

One line on your lock screen

The whole affirmation arrives in the notification, at the time you choose. You never have to open the app for it to work.

Nothing pulling at you

Quiet by design

  • No streak notifications. Ever. The app has no way to send one — nothing here is built to pull you back.
  • Nothing to sign up for. No account, no email, no profile. The app works the moment you open it.
  • Crisis mode stays free. The lines for panic and the 3am hour are never behind a paywall, and never pushed at you.
  • Your saves survive. Favorites sync through iCloud. Changing phones doesn’t erase months of keeping.
Five situations · 767 sentences

Written for the thing you’re actually in

Every page shows its affirmations in full — there is nothing to unlock to read them.

One line a day.
That’s the whole thing.

Fifty affirmations free, the lock-screen widget, and one notification at a time you choose. Nothing to sign up for.

Download on the App Store Launching soon