A little about Friendly

It all started at university, Simon Fraser University to be exact

A hand-drawn illustration of a woman sitting outside near a university campus, writing
An empty park bench at Simon Fraser University with a notebook resting on it

A lot to say and no idea where to start

When I was a student at Simon Fraser University (SIAT), I wanted to keep a journal. I had a lot going on, good and bad, and I wanted to get it down before I forgot it. But every time I sat in front of my computer, I'd freeze. Not because I didn't know what happened that day, but because I didn't know how to write it. Where does the story start. What matters, what doesn't. I'd spend an hour on the title alone.

Even on the good days, the ones I actually wanted to remember, I couldn't get past the blank page.

So I built Friendly. A small companion that just listens while you talk, and turns it into a journal entry for you. No blank page, no figuring out where to start. Just talk, like you would to a friend.

A little bit more about Friendly

What Friendly is, and isn't

Friendly is not a therapist or a coach, and it won't give you advice. It's a tool here to listen while you talk about your day, and turn that into a journal entry. That's the whole job.

A small, early project

Friendly is built and run by one person, me. It's new, and still growing. If something feels rough around the edges, that's why, not because I don't care about it.

Who this is for

Friendly is for anyone who wants to journal but never quite does it, because sitting down to write always feels like more effort than it should. If that's you, I built this for you.

A laptop open to a journal entry on a cafe table, next to a cup of coffee

Tell me what you think

This is early, and I'd genuinely like to hear from you. Good, bad, or somewhere in between, reach me at Contact@friendlyapp.com