Map the ripples that shaped you.

Four questions about your life. A reading of your patterns. The full manifesto, delivered to your inbox as a designed PDF.

About this experience

A short meditation on what shapes us, and what we might shape next.

The Ripple Effect is a 3,000-word manifesto on the visible and invisible reach of every choice we make, every choice we miss, and every choice we never knew we had. It has a foreword by Bethann Hardison.

This companion tool asks you to reflect on four ripples of your own. One that shaped who you became. One you almost missed. One unfolding right now. And one you might still create. In return, you'll receive a personalized reading of the pattern beneath them, and the full manifesto in your inbox as a designed PDF.

It takes about five minutes. It's free.

Joshua Murphy is a writer based in Brooklyn.
The Ripple Effect is his first manifesto.