The Happening Jar: How a gift became an app

It all began with a jar. I gave my partner a large jar filled with small, rolled-up notes. Each one held a happening, something we wanted to experience together. Sometimes a walk at sunrise, sometimes a trip to the sea, sometimes just an evening we finally made time for.

The beautiful part starts when unrolling

The special thing happened before the experience itself. Drawing a note and not yet knowing what it held was a little joy of its own. And it didn't stop there, because we looked forward to every single one until the moment finally arrived.

At some point it hit me: this jar is far more than a gift. It's the antidote to the thing that steals our loveliest plans, the organising.

Where good ideas fade away

Anyone who has tried to get something going with a partner, the family or a whole circle of friends knows the feeling. Between "let's do something together again" and the actual experience lies a mountain of dates, messages and arrangements. That's where most good ideas quietly fade away. Unnoticed.

I wanted to change that.

A happening jar for everyone

That's how Happening Hub came to be. A digital happening jar for couples, families, groups of friends and every other constellation of people. A place where you collect together what you fancy, agree on a date effortlessly, and then do what it's really about: coming together and spending time with each other.

The conviction behind it is simple. Technology should take on the organisational hassle and give us back the anticipation. Not yet another tool that manages things, but a companion that brings people closer.

Because in the end it's not the perfect planning that matters. What matters is that we experienced it together.